The Pedagogy of Compassion at the Heart of Higher Education / edited by Paul Gibbs.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gibbs, Paul., Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher.

Education--Philosophy.

Education.

Education--Curricula.

Educational tests and measurements.

Higher Education.

Educational Philosophy.

Curriculum Studies.

Assessment and Testing.

Local Subjects:

Higher Education.

Educational Philosophy.

Curriculum Studies.

Assessment and Testing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (238 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2017.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.

Summary:

This book offers a moral rather than instrumental notion of university education whilst locating the university within society. It reflects a balancing of the instrumentalization of higher education as a mode of employment training and enhances the notion of the students’ well-being being at the core of the university mission. Compassion is examined in this volume as a weaving of diverse cultures and beliefs into a way of recognizing that diversity through a common good offers a way of preparing students and staff for a complex and anxious world. This book provides theoretical and practical discussions of compassion in higher education, it draws contributors from around the world and offers illustrations of compassion in action through a number of international cases studies.

Contents:

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Higher Education: A Compassion Business or Edifying Experience? Paul Gibbs

Section I Thinking About Compassion and Education

Compassion in Philosophy and Education, Richard White

Pursuing the Aim of Compassionate Empathy in Higher Education, Bruce Maxwell

Creating Conditions for Compassion, Kathryn Waddington

Section II Expanding Compassionate Perspectives

Intercultural Compassion in Higher Education, Irena Papadopoulos

Compassion in Buddhism and Islam: The Liberal Arts and Living a Meaningful Life, Derek Maher

Compassion in the Context of Higher Education in South Africa, Labby Ramrathan

Confucian, Compassion (Ren) and Higher Education: A Perspective from the Analects of Confucius, Ka-wai Tong

Compassion in Islam, Abdullah Sahin

Section III Compassion within the Being of a University

On Becoming a Campus of Compassion, Nancy Billas

Learning About Consequences Community Creativity and Courage: Cultivating Compassion in Higher Education Leadership, Marilee Bresciani Ludvik

In Search of Critical Strategic Pedagogies of Compassion: Integrating Pity and Sentimentality in Higher Education, Michalinos Zembylas

When Looking is Allowed: What Compassionate Group Work Looks Like in a UK University, Theo Gilbert

The Reflective Paradigm in Higher Education and Research: Compassion in Communities of Learning, Mary Koutselini

All Together Now? Jacqui Boddington, with a experiential account by Sandip K. Gill and Alina Ursuleanu

CODA, Paul Gibbs.

Notes:

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

ISBN:

9783319577838

3319577832