A Broader Conception of The Relational and Mattering in Teaching
Gravett shows how new theoretical vantage points offer new intellectual, experiential, and practical opportunities for teachers (and learners). We note the thoughtful inclusion of contemporary and canonical relational scholarship (e.g., bell hooks, Parker Palmer) throughout, especially in the intro.
"Relations and connections are both human-to-human relationships, the interconnection between self and others and the relations we have to and within a much broader, material, world. Matter matters.”
“Sociomateriality and posthumanism may be ideas you are familiar with, or for some readers these ideas might feel unsettling. They may be something that you become intrigued by and want to learn more about, offering new openings for how you think about your research and practice in higher education. You may wish to take the parts that you feel are most accessible and useful to you although I hope that some discomfort will be pleasurable. The book is written with a view that the reader should not feel they have to read it in a linear fashion but should dip in and out of sections and ideas as they wish.”