Curriculum challenges for universities : agenda for change / James Nyland, David Davies, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nyland, James, editor.

Davies, David, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Universities and colleges--Curricula.

Universities and colleges.

Education, Higher--Social aspects.

Education, Higher.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (214 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Springer, [2022]

Summary:

This book develops a progressive program of engagement with issues, problems and critical thinking which helps universities and students understand and engage with some of the key issues of our time. It focuses on curriculum concerns, and presents a sustained and critical analysis and dialogue about knowledge, culture and ways of seeing important issues. This book provides critical and analytical insights into the importance of the emergence of mass higher education into public awareness. It explores what is termed contested knowledge as part of modern students experiences and expectations. By broadcasting some of the future prospects for a democratic university, especially in relation to its communities, it highlights the need to grasp the significance of global change and instability in teaching and learning, and how an adequate curriculum in higher education can be constructed to address the issues that arise.

Contents:

INTRODUCTION AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

CRITICAL THINKING AND ENGAGEMENT

1 Critical thinking for an engaged university

2 The universitys social and civic role: time for an appraisal

3 The university as a public educator: learning and teaching for engagement

4 A crisis of knowledge: themes for an engaged university curriculum

KNOWLEDGE AND CULTURE

5 Freedom through education: a promise postponed

6 Dancing in Nazareth: real knowledge beyond the boundary

7 A learning curriculum: exploring the professional doctorate of educational practice

ENGAGEMENT AND DEMOCRACY

8 Academic and scholarly freedom: towards a disputing university with critically engaged students

9 Ways of knowing: towards an ecology of learning and community

10 Towards a 21st century approach to civic engagement locally and globally: a conversation between Professor James Nyland and Professor Richard Teare

THE FUTURE: SLOW BURN OR FAST FORWARD

11 The burning world: transformation and sustainability or apocalypse?

12 Indigenous knowledge in Australia: imagining a different society

13 The new normal after coronavirus: is there anyone here from education?

CONCLUSION

14 Learning that matters.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Other Format:

Print version: Nyland, James Curriculum Challenges for Universities

ISBN:

9789811685828

9811685827

OCLC:

1302010911

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.