12/3 Cohler and Galatzer-Levy: Love in the Classroom

Cohler B. J., & Galatzer-Levy, R. (2006). Love in the classroom: Desire and transference in teaching and learning. In: Boldt, G.M., & Salvo, P.M. (Eds.) Love's return: Psychoanalytic essays on teaching and learning. New York: Routledge, 243-26.

We will have our final meeting of the quarter in Harper 125 at 7pm on Monday, December 3rd. Come join!

11/19 Bettelheim: Psychoanalysis and Education

Bettelheim, B. "Psychoanalysis and Education." The School Review, Vol. 77, No. 2 (Jun., 1969), pp. 73-86.
An overview of Bettelheim's life and work, by Karen Zelan, very interesting and highly recommended.

As always, we will meet in Harper 125 at 7pm. Food will be provided.

11/5: Bernfeld and (Anna) Freud

Bernfeld, S. Sisyphus, Or, the Limits of Education.
Freud, A. Psychoanalysis for Parents and Teachers.

We will be reading the final section of Bernfeld's Sisyphus, in addition to discussing the fourth of Anna Freud's lectures, "The Relation Between Psychoanalysis and Pedagogy.