THE TEACHER IMAGE IN FICTION

Authors

  • John Farrell University of Saskatchewan

Abstract

Our lives should be floodlighted by two kinds of truth: the truth of science and the truth of literature. The truth of science has been dominant over the last century. Yet, while science provides the picture tube, it isn't much help in deciding for us what pictures to show. Education texts can tell us about the theories of teaching, but only fiction, perhaps, can bring to life the teacher as an individual. Only fiction can convey the very private Gethsemane of such an individual facing a jeering c1ass each morning.

Author Biography

John Farrell, University of Saskatchewan

John Farrell, author of The Creative Teacher of English (McGraw-Hill of Canada, 1967), teaches English at the University of Saskatchewan.

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Published

1970-09-01

How to Cite

Farrell, J. (1970). THE TEACHER IMAGE IN FICTION. McGill Journal of Education / Revue Des Sciences De l’éducation De McGill, 5(002). Retrieved from https://mje.mcgill.ca/article/view/6718

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 002 (1970)

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Articles

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