Vol. 8 - Higher education and citizenship, participation and democracy
Sumari
-
Contested Challenges: universities, globalisation and human migration
(2008)
Article
Accés obertFor more than a decade, scholars have been documenting the shift in global higher education towards greater emphasis on the commercial and political economy side of the academic enterprise (Slaughter and Leslie, 1997; ... -
A democratic university or university for democracy?
(2008)
Article
Accés obertUniversity has still been a fundamental institution for the formation of the citizenship and the construction of the public in democratic societies. Focused on the production and reproduction of knowledge, University ... -
What role do Croatian higher institution Play? A study on university civic mission
(2008)
Article
Accés obertThe social context in Croatia in which universities operate shows two dominant trends. Market orientation is being promoted as a response to globalization processes. Growing resistance and concern about this tendency brought ... -
Making universities work for local communities: a community psychology project extending knowledge boundaries beyond the campus
(2008)
Article
Accés obertThe authors report on a study which explored ways in which teaching, learning and the curriculum could be made more relevant to the communities in which they were situated. Manchester Metropolitan University is a good ... -
Cooperative inquiry for learning and connectedness
(2008)
Article
Accés obertOver the past few decades, academics and non-academics alike have raised concerns about higher education’s self-serving patterns and deviation from a higher sense of purpose. Commentators have exposed reasons for why ... -
Professor, give some knowledge; I do not have time to think College expectations: knowledge and/or requirements?
(2008)
Article
Accés obertToday in our universities, hundreds of students expect to be spoon-fed with “junk” knowledge, knowledge that is digested without cultural references. Learning involves a metamorphic process by which the individual engages ... -
Pedagogical strategy enhancing participation and new citizenship
(2008)
Article
Accés obert -
Excellence at community level
(2008)
Article
Accés obert -
El modelo universitario de educación integral y la formación de buenos ciudadanos en el Perú: un estudio de caso
(2008)
Article
Accés obert -
Higher education, human rights and citizenship: limits and perspectives of education for human rights in Brazil
(2008)
Article
Accés obert