The Thinking University a Philosophical Examination of Thought and Higher Education /
This book reinvigorates the philosophical treatment of the nature, purpose, and meaning of thought in today's universities. The wider discussion about higher education has moved from a philosophical discourse to a discourse on social welfare and service, economics, and political agendas. This b...
| Other Authors: | Bengtsen, Søren S. E.,, Barnett, Ronald, 1947-, SpringerLink (Online service) |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cham :
Springer International Publishing : Imprint : Springer,
2018.
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (XVII, 200 pages 2 illustrations) : online resource. |
| Series: |
Debating higher education: philosophical perspectives ;
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction: Considering the Thinking University.-PART 1: The Thinking University
- Contending with the World
- 2. Truth, Democracy and the Mission of the University
- 3. Universities as Societal Drivers: Entrepreneurial Interventions for a Better Future
- 4. Dissident Thought: A Decolonising Framework for Revolt in the University
- 5. Towards an African University of Critique
- PART 2: Educating Thought
- 6. Research Education and Care: The Care-full PhD
- 7. Citizenship and the Thinking University: Toward the Citizen Scholar
- 8. Bildung, Emotion and Thought
- 9. Technicising Thought: English and the Internationalisation of the University
- PART 3: The Thinking University: Making Connections
- 10. A Complexity Thinking Take on Thinking in the University
- 11. When Thought Gets Left Alone: Thinking, Recognition and Social Justice
- 12. The Worldhood University: Design Signatures and Guild Thinking
- 13. The Thinking University: Two Versions, Rival and Complementary
- 14. Coda: There is Much to Play for.