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Authenticity and imagination
Author(s) -
Dirkx John M.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
new directions for adult and continuing education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0717
pISSN - 1052-2891
DOI - 10.1002/ace.225
Subject(s) - perspective (graphical) , psychology , aesthetics , pedagogy , sociology , psychoanalysis , visual arts , art
Central to development of authenticity in teaching is selfunderstanding and self‐awareness. Using a Jungian perspective, the author suggests that the imaginative dimensions of the self play a critical role in our journey and experience as teachers, and in developing selfawareness and authenticity in our teaching.