Thinking and Rethinking the University

Thinking and Rethinking the University
Author: Ronald Barnett
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 446
Release: 2014-11-27
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1317665252

In the World Library of Educationalists series, international scholars compile career-long selections of what they judge to be among their finest pieces so the world has access to them in a single manageable volume. Readers are able to follow the themes and strands and see how their work contributes to the development of the field. Over more than three decades, Professor Ronald Barnett has acquired a distinctive position as a leading philosopher of the university and higher education, and this volume brings together 15 of his key writings, particularly papers from leading journals. This volume also includes, as his introductory chapter, an intellectual autobiography, in which Professor Barnett recounts the history of his scholarship and writing, traces its development across five stages, and identifies the themes and sources of inspiration that lie within his corpus of work. Ronald Barnett has described his corpus of work as a social philosophy of the university that is at once conceptual, critical, practical and imaginative. His concepts of criticality, critical interdisciplinarity, supercomplexity and the ecological university have been taken up in the literature across the world. Through telling examples, and with an incisive clarity of writing, Ronald Barnett’s scholarship has helped to illuminate in fresh ways and reorient practices in the university and in higher education. The chapters in this volume reveal all of these qualities so making this volume a compelling overview of a passionate and yet constructive critic of the university.

Rethinking College Student Development Theory Using Critical Frameworks

Rethinking College Student Development Theory Using Critical Frameworks
Author: Elisa S. Abes
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2023-07-03
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1000977676

A major new contribution to college student development theory, this book brings "third wave" theories to bear on this vitally important topic. The first section includes a chapter that provides an overview of the evolution of student development theories as well as chapters describing the critical and poststructural theories most relevant to the next iteration of student development theory. These theories include critical race theory, queer theory, feminist theories, intersectionality, decolonizing/indigenous theories, and crip theories. These chapters also include a discussion of how each theory is relevant to the central questions of student development theory. The second section provides critical interpretations of the primary constructs associated with student development theory. These constructs and their related ideas include resilience, dissonance, socially constructed identities, authenticity, agency, context, development (consistency/coherence/stability), and knowledge (sources of truth and belief systems). Each chapter begins with brief personal narratives on a particular construct; the chapter authors then re-envision the narrative’s highlighted construct using one or more critical theories. The third section will focus on implications for practice. Specifically, these chapters will consider possibilities for how student development constructs re-envisioned through critical perspectives can be utilized in practice. The primary audience for the book is faculty members who teach in graduate programs in higher education and student affairs and their students. The book will also be useful to practitioners seeking guidance in working effectively with students across the convergence of multiple aspects of identity and development.

We’re Losing Our Minds

We’re Losing Our Minds
Author: R. Keeling
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2011-12-19
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1137001763

America is being held back by the quality and quantity of learning in college. Many graduates cannot think critically, write effectively, solve problems, understand complex issues, or meet employers' expectations. The only solution - making learning the highest priority in college - demands fundamental change throughout higher education.

Rethinking Positive Thinking

Rethinking Positive Thinking
Author: Gabriele Oettingen
Publisher: Current
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2015-11-10
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1617230235

Author's note -- Preface -- Dreaming, not doing -- The upside of dreaming -- Fooling our minds -- The wise pursuit of our dreams -- Engaging our nonconscious minds -- The magic of WOOP -- WOOP your life -- Your friend for life -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index

Rethinking Higher Education

Rethinking Higher Education
Author: George Fallis
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Total Pages: 319
Release: 2013
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1553393333

Reimagining post-secondary education to meet the times.

Rethinking Universities

Rethinking Universities
Author: Sally Baker
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 191
Release: 2007-11-14
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0826494196

Universities have often been associated with higher learning and the spirit of free inquiry but in many developed nations they are being subtly transformed to do other jobs for the state and the economy.

Rethinking Creativity

Rethinking Creativity
Author: Robert W. Weisberg
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 515
Release: 2020-09-10
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1108479405

Discover how creativity depends on inside-the-box thinking-that's right, not outside the box-and a new perspective on creative thinking.

Thinking about Higher Education

Thinking about Higher Education
Author: Paul Gibbs
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 197
Release: 2013-12-18
Genre: Education
ISBN: 3319032542

With higher education around the world in a period of extreme flux, this volume explores its underlying philosophy, a core element of the ongoing debate. Offering a diverse range of perspectives from an international selection of renowned scholars of higher education, the book is full of imaginative insights that add up to a substantive contribution to the discussion. As universities attempt to adapt to a new environment characterized by stiff international competition, networked remote learning, burgeoning student numbers and comparative performance assessment, how we conceptualize the purpose and ethos of our higher learning institutions is more important than ever. This publication features a multitude of distinctive approaches that illuminate potential solutions to the complex issues universities must grapple with in these uncertain times. Rather than espousing a singular philosophical approach, the editors have assembled views from across the spectrum and from differing national contexts, representing a multidisciplinary response to the situation. This collection of papers aims thus to inspire fresh developments in the way we think about the complexities of and options available to, higher education.

Generous Thinking

Generous Thinking
Author: Kathleen Fitzpatrick
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Total Pages: 277
Release: 2019-02-12
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1421429462

Meditating on how and why we teach the humanities, Generous Thinking is an audacious book that privileges the ability to empathize and build rather than simply tear apart.