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Author:   Chris Higgins
Publisher:   MIT Press Ltd
Imprint:   MIT Press
Weight:   0.369kg
ISBN:  

9780262547499

ISBN 10:   026254749
Pages:   400
Publication Date:   14 May 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface ix Acknowledgments xiii Prologue xvii Campus Tour 1 SOUL ACTION: THE SEARCH FOR INTEGRITY IN GENERAL EDUCATION 13 The Formidable Task of Formation 13 Roots and Branches 27 Scattering Requirements 46 A Skeleton Faculty 60 Chest Knowledge 71 Coda 88 New Student Orientation 93 WIDE AWAKE: AESTHETIC EDUCATION AT BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE 109 The Road to Black Mountain 109 An Allegory of Arrival 124 Who Is the Formative Educator? 141 Theater and Wings 157 Learning Here and Now 176 Public Hearing 189 JOB PROSPECTS: VOCATIONAL FORMATION AS HUMANE LEARNING 201 Life in Panem 201 The Great Vocational Question 207 Working with Integrity 220 A New Organ 236 The Last Butler 249 Notes 265 Index 377

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Chris Higgins is Associate Professor and Chair in the Department of Formative Education in Boston College's Lynch School of Education and Human Development, where he directs the Transformative Educational Studies program. He is the author of The Good Life of Teaching.

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