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Authenticity in teaching

by Patricia Cranton

College teachingCollege teachersAdult educationNeurosciencesÉducation des adultes

Authenticity is one of those concepts, like soul, spirit, or imagination, that are easier to define in terms of what they are not than what they are. We can fairly easily say that someone who lies to students or pretends to know or who deliberately dons a teaching persona is not authentic. But do the opposite behaviors guarantee authentic teaching? Not necessarily ...

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