Ideas for the university : proceedings of Marquette University's mission seminar and conference / edited by Ed Block, Jr.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Block, Ed.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jesuits--Education (Higher)--United States--Congresses.

Jesuits.

Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--United States--Congresses.

Education, Higher.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Milwaukee : Marquette University Press, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Four original or highly revised papers join 15 others published 1966-90 to examine the patronage of science, science and culture, and science education during the period. The topics include the British Association and the professional practice of science, Liebig's and Hoffmann's impact on British scientific culture, squared paper as an instrument of science and engineering and a symbol of reform in mathematical education, Kingsley and the seaside naturalists, and the Japanese connection with engineering in London and Glasgow. Distributed in the US by Ashgate. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Contents:

""Contents""; ""INTRODUCTION REFLECTING ON UNIVERSITY AND MISSION: TEXTS AND CONTEXTS""; ""THE UNIVERSITY AS COMMUNITY: COMMUNITY OF WHAT?""; ""AMERICAN CATHOLIC HISTORY AND ITS UNIVERSITIES""; ""ON THE POLYSYLLABICATION OF LEARNING""; ""INTERPRETATION AS CONVERSATION: THE CHALLENGE TO THE MODERN UNIVERSITY""; ""A RESPONSE TO INTERPRETATION AS CONVERSATION: THE MODERN CHALLENGE TO A UNIVERSITY AS PRESENTED BY DAVID TRACY""; ""THE EXPERIENCE OF READING: INTERPRETIVE COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNITIES OF BELIEF""; ""POLITICS IN PARADISE: TEACHING LITERATURE AND JESUIT VALUES""

""TEXTS AND VALUES: THE INTERPRETIVE STRATEGY OF LIBERATIONIST HISTORY IN THE UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM""""TEACHING APPLIED ETHICS AND MORAL DI-LEMMAS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE: THE CASE OF THE DIRTY HARRY SYNDROME IN POLICING""; ""HUMANISM AND INHUMANISM IN LITERARY STUDY""

Notes:

Papers resulting from a three-day conference titled "Ideas for the university, 1993" and a semester-long seminar devoted to "Interpretive strategies : texts and Jesuit values in undergraduate education."

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0-87462-917-9

OCLC:

923650766