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Overview
Using Mikhail Bakhtin's concepts of dialogue and carnival, and in connection with the ideas of Martin Buber, Sidorkin explores the issues of difference and identity in a very postmodern view of the self. He addresses the questions of what it really means to be human, and, likewise, what truly makes a good school.Synopsis
Using Mikhail Bakhtin's concepts of dialogue and carnival, and in connection with the ideas of Martin Buber, Sidorkin explores the issues of difference and identity in a very postmodern view of the self. He addresses the questions of what it really means to be human, and, likewise, what truly makes a good school.
Booknews
Sidorkin (education, U. of Washington) connects Mikhail Bakhtin's concepts of dialogue and carnival with the ideas of Martin Buber to explore issues of difference and identity in the postmodern view of the self. He addresses the questions of what it means to be human and what makes a good school. Taking a fifth-grade classroom as an example, he demonstrates that what is usually considered distracting or useless talk are valuable dialogical moments of discovery. His study was developed from a dissertation, but he mentions neither date nor institution. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)