Deconstructing the hierarchical relation between teacher and student based on Derrida’s ideas

Authors

1 PhD Candidate in Philosophy of Education at Kharazmi University

2 (PhD), Khārazmi University

Abstract

Deconstruction is an approach which has been systematized by Derrida and has been used in different areas. Based on this approach, each text has different opposite poles, each one of these poles dominates the other poles and in this manner the hierarchical relationship crystallizes. This approach has been used in education and deconstruction can be used in the teacher-student relationship to deconstruct it to make a balanced relation between them. The results showed that the teacher is in the dominant and the student in the passive pole. This relation can be redefined and the student can be transferred to the dominant pole so that the way for fair and balanced relation could be opened. Paying attention to concepts such as helper, guide, simplifying learning by teacher, teaching the way of learning things instead of teaching them, the learning of teacher from the student and playing a more active role by the student in the educational process indicate a balanced relation between teacher and student.

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