This book takes a holistic approach to pedagogy and argues that the purpose of education is to educate the student's whole personality including cognitive, social, and moral domains. The four sections and twelve chapters address the current pedagogical challenges in basic and higher education in international contexts. The authors describe the principles and practices through which meaningful education is promoted and enhanced in a variety of ways. The challenges educators face in their profession as well as ways to overcome them are elaborated on both theoretically and empirically. The book allows both researchers, teachers, and educational policy makers to reflect on current developments, challenges, and areas of development in educational institutions when aiming to support student growth and learning.
This book takes a holistic approach to pedagogy and argues that the purpose of education is to educate the student's whole personality including cognitive, social, and moral domains.
New theories of pedagogy identify the student as an agent and the teacher as a facilitator. This book contains some path-breaking studies in the field of pedagogy.
This edited volume addresses the potential of Cultural Historical Activity Theory as an analytic tool in debates over higher education reform.
Social justice in the enterprise university: Global perspectives on theory, policy, ethics and critical practice. International Studies in Widening Participation, 2(2), 1–3. Chiew, F. (2014). Posthuman ethics with Cary Wolfe and Karen ...
This book: exposes service learning as a key approach in terms of embedding a culture of political and civic literacy within higher education; considers service learning in Europe, an area of growing research in service learning practice; ...
I highly recommend this edited collection.
Teaching and Learning for Democratic Engagement Timothy J. Shaffer, Nicholas V. Longo, Idit Manosevitch, Maxine S. Thomas. Gilbert, J. (2000). ... Imagining deliberative democracy in the early American republic.
This book formulates a theory of teaching in higher education that is grounded in educational theory, contributing to a critical perspective on current ideal forms of higher education and a deeper understanding of the pedagogical role of ...
This book offers a moral rather than instrumental notion of university education whilst locating the university within society.
This book explores the idea of transformation and pedagogy, In particular, it will highlight how universities are transformed through a set of pedagogical interventions and stances that integrate a sense of moral and ethical purpose to ...