Theories of affect and concepts in generic skills education : adventurous encounters / edited by Edyta Just and Wera Grahn.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Just, Edyta, editor.

Grahn, Wera, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--Aims and objectives.

Education, Higher.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (231 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017.

Summary:

"During the last few years, the concept of generic skills and competences has become widespread across universities. An introduction to generic competences is, as such, important because it enables redefinition of educational goals and may positively rearrange forms of interaction in classes. It also indicates that education should inspire students to develop and use critical and creative forms of thinking, feeling and doing. On the one hand, the need to promote generic skills can be seen as driven by neoliberal desire. On the other, however, generic competences can enable students to think, feel and act differently, but also respect and welcome various forms of life and ways of living. Responding to the growing need to reflect upon generic competences, this book contributes to the various ways of conceptualising generic skills and the methods in which they might be acquired. The volume engenders adventurous encounters between different theories, which predominantly come from the feminist conceptual framework, that result in appealing meanings of affect and concepts. It also experimentally explores and discusses ways in which theories of affect and concepts may complicate understanding of generic competences and inspire generic skills-oriented education. Consequently, this collection revitalizes the concept of generic skills, but also advocates daring pedagogical practices that invigorate the meaning of and approach to teaching and learning in present landscapes of higher education."-- Back cover.

Contents:

Theories of affect and concepts in generic skills education : adventurous encounters / Edyta Just

Affect and concept or zero [infinity] gravity consciousness/ Edyta Just

Monster pedagogy : a failing approach to teaching and learning in the university / Line Henriksen, Erika Kvistad and Sara Orning

From DIRT to SECRETS : Trojan horse pedagogy and the interdisciplinary social justice classroom / Sal Renshaw and Renée Valiquette

Atmospheric encounters : generic competences in light of posthumanist teaching practices with/on affectivity / Malou Juelskjær

Governmentality in/around the "Cologne" events : developing generic competences in struggling with a challenging event / Sigrid Schmitz

Critical thinking in gender studies education : theory and practice / Anna Lundberg and Ann Werner

Affecting feminist pedagogies : performing critical thinking in between social networking sites and contemporary literature / Beatriz Revelles-Benavente

"Let the thinking breathe." corporeal thinking in classroom settings / Olga Cieleme̜cka

"Safety" under the question : contesting competences and affects in a feminist classroom / Olga Plakhotnik

Imagining professional futures in feminist classrooms / Nina Lykke.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 23, 2017).

ISBN:

1-5275-0262-7

OCLC:

1005618584