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OverviewThe world changes and we are encouraged to change with it, but is all change good? This book asks us to stop and consider whether the higher education we are providing, and engaging in, for ourselves and our societies is what we ought to have, or what commercial interests want us to have. In claiming that there is a place for a higher education of learning, such as the university, amongst our array of tertiary options the book attempts to explore what this might be. Drawing from the existential literature and in particular Heidegger, the book investigates the case for such a form of higher education and settles on existential trust as the ground upon which the community of scholars that ought to be the university can flourish. This book is written for those who are concerned about the trends towards performativity and for those who are not yet so concerned! It offers a controversial and, some might say, idealistic view of what might be but makes no apology for that since the book proposes that higher education is becoming evermore unacceptable for those who value democracy, tolerance and learning. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Paul T. GibbsPublisher: Springer Imprint: Springer Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004 Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9789048166428ISBN 10: 904816642 Pages: 216 Publication Date: 16 November 2010 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsLiberalism, Mass Education and a Loss of Academic Trust.- The Market Metaphor — A Good Basis for Trust?.- What Form of Trust Might be Appropriate for Universities to Build a Praxis of Higher Education Designed to Encourage Authenticity?.- Education in a Culture of Suspicion?.- If Not the Market Model, then Perhaps a Heideggerian Perspective?.- A University’s Authenticity is in its Community.- Trusting in Thinking about Knowing.- Trusting in Teaching to Let Learn.- A Trusting Praxis for Higher Education Institutions.- Reflections.ReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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