Charisma in Education: A Cautionary Note
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.20849/jed.v10i1.1546Keywords:
charisma in the scholarship of teaching and learning, charisma in sociology, organizational and management research, teaching excellence, teacher identityAbstract
This paper offers a review of the literature on the nature of charisma in the scholarship of teaching and learning
(SoTL). This synthesis of the literature will reveal three salient themes that SoTL authors have used to
understand the concept of charisma in teaching: namely, that charisma is an uncultivable rare ‗gift‘, that
charisma involves the use of humor and that charisma is expressed by intense high energy rituals. It will be
argued that all three themes are problematic for SoTL researchers and practitioners. It is hoped that findings
from this paper will prompt a reconceptualization of charisma in SoTL research as well as constitute some
optimism for teachers whose professional identities are portrayed as lacking charisma.
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