"To Serve a Larger Purpose": Engagement for Democracy and the Transformation of Higher Education

"To Serve a Larger Purpose": Engagement for Democracy and the Transformation of Higher Education
ISBN-10
1439905088
ISBN-13
9781439905081
Category
Education
Pages
312
Language
English
Published
2011-05-20
Publisher
Temple University Press
Authors
John Saltmarsh, Matthew Hartley

Description

"To Serve a Larger Purpose" calls for the reclamation of the original democratic purposes of civic engagement and examines the requisite transformation of higher education required to achieve it. The contributors to this timely and relevant volume effectively highlight the current practice of civic engagement and point to the institutional change needed to realize its democratic ideals. Using multiple perspectives, "To Serve a Larger Purpose" explores the democratic processes and purposes that reorient civic engagement to what the editors call "democratic engagement." The norms of democratic engagement are determined by values such as inclusiveness, collaboration, participation, task sharing, and reciprocity in public problem solving and an equality of respect for the knowledge and experience that everyone contributes to education, knowledge generation, and community building. This book shrewdly rethinks the culture of higher education.

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