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Direct linkMcKnight, Andrew N. – Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, 2008
This paper argues by way of analogy that the psychological descriptors of "masochist" and "sadist", a person who submits or dominates, respectively can aptly describe many aspects of the power relationships teachers and students experience within institutions of public education. Teachers operate in an often ethically contradictory position, torn…
Descriptors: Public Education, Educational Environment, Ethics, Educational Principles
