Author: Liana Psarologaki Publisher: Taylor & Francis ISBN: 1000683915 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 92
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This book promotes adult education in a university setting as cultivation and the inculcation of culture, democracy, and ethics beyond and through lived experience. It draws on theories from across disciplines, bringing together Aristotelian and post-structuralist thought. This includes Fernando Pessoa’s notion of ‘erudition’ as culture and ‘disquiet’ as a mode of contemplative living, with Fernand Deligny’s ‘wanting’ as manifestation of life. Liana Psarologaki addresses the pathologies of life and higher education in advanced capitalist societies and creates a manifesto for a new type of university pedagogy. Liana Psarologaki is an architect, artist, educator, and creative scholar based in the UK.
Author: Walter Leirman Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften ISBN: Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 168
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Traditionally, education is linked to teaching and instruction. The science of education has, however, to do with far more than the school. If that were the case, we would be located within only one culture of education. Looking at a wide range of fields, and a wide spectrum of different views and approaches to education, the author detects four different cultures: the expert culture based on rationality, the engineering culture oriented to technicity, the prophet culture calling for conscientisation, and the communicative one, based on experiential dialogue. The book concludes with a «postmodern» comparison of all four, and finds that none is 'the best'.
Author: Gordon Wells Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 1107014654 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 265
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This edited volume addresses the potential of Cultural Historical Activity Theory as an analytic tool in debates over higher education reform.
Author: Michael P. A. Murphy Publisher: Taylor & Francis ISBN: 1040110169 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 159
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In the light of the structural dangers of revolutionary change highlighted in the political theory of Giorgio Agamben, this book joins a lively debate in philosophy of education on weak utopianism as an approach that foregrounds and respects the educational potentiality of teachers and students. Utopian moves in education call for revolutionary changes in pedagogical practice in pursuit of a particular vision of the good. Whether grounded in emancipatory politics, technological enthusiasm, or another social movement, utopian moves are seductive in their promise of a better alternative. Weak Utopianism in Education draws together philosophy of education, political theory, scholarship of teaching and learning research, and utopian thought to advocate for a modest and humble approach to change. The theoretical foundation of weak utopianism opens space for educator’s personal convictions and teaching philosophies to tinker with their own pedagogical practices. The book creates a common conceptual meeting ground for philosophers and practitioners in education.
Author: Margaret Carr Publisher: Taylor & Francis ISBN: 1000635996 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 85
Book Description
Bringing different cultural perspectives on creativity with them, teachers and children in two early childhood education sites in Aotearoa New Zealand were using museum visits as jumping off places to hone their creative capacity building. As a contribution to Tim Ingold’s discussion of anthropology and/as education, and also finding John Dewey’s writing valuable (specifically his framing of ‘enduring attitudes’), the authors employ a navigation metaphor throughout the discussion. They describe a coming together of four Cultural Anchors (thinking from materials) with four Coordinates (creative capacity builders) to describe ways in which the children were making creative sense of the museum exhibits, while at the same time gathering information about them. They take these travel metaphors from a star cluster in the southern hemisphere night sky, Matariki, which provided early sea-going Māori with guidance as they navigated wide stretches of ocean in their sea-going canoes to reach Aotearoa New Zealand. A Māori immersion early childhood centre and school, and a New Zealand kindergarten provided lively examples of children’s and teachers’ responses to the treasured artefacts (taonga) in their local museums. The book describes an ecosocial framing, from ‘little to big’, and illustrates the different cultural perspectives on creativity. The Mana Tamariki kaiako (teachers) gifted us a title—He taonga, he rerenga arorangi (Where there are treasured objects, the spirit is nurtured and creativity will be inspired).
Author: Henry A. Giroux Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers ISBN: Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 368
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Prominent scholars in this book move boldly beyond critique to show how and why the critical functions of a democratically informed civic education (not merely professional training) must become the core of the university's mission. They show why higher education must address what it means to relate knowledge to public life, and social responsibility to the demands of critical citizenship. Moreover, they show why democratic forms of education and various elements of a critical pedagogy are vital not only to individual students, but also to our economy and our democratic institutions and future leadership. Visit our website for sample chapters!
Author: Gordon Wells Publisher: ISBN: 9781107665699 Category : Critical pedagogy Languages : en Pages : 251
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"What can Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) contribute to the solution of the problems facing higher education today? This edited volume brings together the work of an international group of scholars and researchers to address this important question. Drawing on contemporary interpretations of CHAT, the contributors take on a wide range of issues, ranging from pedagogy to administration and from teacher preparation to university outreach. An introduction presents the key principles of CHAT. Subsequent chapters address such issues as effective ways of teaching large undergraduate classes, providing support for struggling writers or for students with disabilities, opening up opportunities for students from historically underserved communities, preparing students for the professions, and building bridges between higher education and the wider community. Readers with an interest in higher education will encounter ideas in these chapters that will prompt them to rethink their role in preparing today's students for tomorrow's challenges"--
Author: Liana Psarologaki
Author: Sharon Todd
Author: Walter Leirman
Author: Gordon Wells
Author: Michael P. A. Murphy
Author: Prema Clarke
Author: Margaret Carr
Author: Henry A. Giroux
Author: Gordon Wells
Author: John Michels (Journalist)