Otherness: trait of teacher policy subjectivity and ethics response in educational action

Abstract

This article presents otherness as one of traits of teacher political subjectivity. It is based on the thesis according to which otherness is biographically configured in experiences that involve taking responsibility for the other. Such experiences allow teachers hatching the world we share through political actions in the classroom. This finding focusses on the autobiographical account of the teachers who took part in the research, of which this article is a result. The text also offers a look at education as a political action that requires a relationship of acceptance and recognition of the other uniqueness and distinction, and based on it to build the shared world. Finally, the article exhibits the implications of educational action founded on the principle of otherness, in order to empower teachers with the ability to take new actions with words and acts.

Keywords

• otherness
• education
• ethics
• politics
• political subjectivity