A pedagogy of unknowing: Witnessing unknowability in teaching and learning

Studies in Philosophy and Education

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 139-160

  Zembylas, Michalinos ^a  

^a INTERCOLLEGE   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Education; Ethics; Knowing; Learning; Levinas; Other; Unknowing; Via negativa

Indexed keywords

EID: 26944498578     PISSN: 00393746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11217-005-1287-3     Document Type: Article

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