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Reflecting on Teacher’s Authority through Hannah Arendt’s “The Crisis in Education”

Child-centered education has become pervasive due to its emphasis on freedom, which is highly valued in modern society. This progressive approach has brought an inquiry into the teacher’s authority which is viewed as traditional and irrelevant for students today. This essay aims to step back and to explore the concept of the teacher’s ‘authority’ more deeply through Hannah Arendt’s writing entitled “The Crisis in Education”. It begins by analyzing what Arendt means by the ‘crisis’ in education, particularly in the American context. Then, by departing from the progressive interpretation, I re-examine the concept of ‘authority’ and its relation to ‘freedom’, based on ancient Greek and Roman understandings. Drawing on these analysis, Arendt asserts that teachers play a significant role because they prepare students to love and care for the world (amor mundi). Nevertheless, I argue that a teacher’s authority must also include attention to the private realm that continues impacting students’ learning at schools. Only in this way are students genuinely prepared for their responsibility as political agents in our society.

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DISKURSUS : JURNAL FILSAFAT DAN TEOLOGI; Vol. 18 No. 1 April 2023

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p. 1-18

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English

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AUTHORITY
FREEDOM
CHILD-CENTERED EDUCATION
PRIVATE REALM
POLITICAL REALM
AMOR MUNDI

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