Teaching and Rationality: The Case of Jim Keegstra
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https://doi.org/10.11575/jet.v20i1.44170Abstract
This paper discusses two conceptual relations between teaching and rationality and uses the case of Jim Keegstra, a teacher who was dismissed for his unorthodox teaching, such as that the Holocaust never occurred, to illustrate the points. Firstly, Keegstra failed to promote rationality and thereby failed to educate his students. Secondly, it is shown that in teaching situations there is a logical presupposition of rationality which Keegstra did not meet and which ironically contributed to his "success".
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2018-05-16
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