Isbn: 9780226753393 - the calling of education: "the academic ethic" and other essays on higher education (12 Ergebnisse)

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Zustand: New. Featuring the writing of Edward Shils on the topic of education, this text articulates the ethical demands of the academic profession, directing attention to the integration of teaching and research. Other pieces focus on perennial issues in higher learning, such as the meaning of academic freedom. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JNA; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 426. . 1997. 2nd ed. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

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Original softcover. Zustand: Sehr gut. XIV, 294 p. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Slightly rubbed, spine bleached, otherwise very good and clean. / Leicht berieben, Rücken verblichen, sonst sehr gut und sauber. - Throughout his long and prolific career, Edward Shils brought an extraordinary knowledge of academic institutions to discussions about higher education. The Calling of Education features Shilss most illuminating and incisive writing on this topic from the last twenty-five years of his life. The first essay, The Academic Ethic, articulates the unique ethical demands of the academic profession and directs special attention to the integration of teaching and research. Other pieces, including Shilss renowned Jefferson lectures, focus on perennial issues in higher learning: the meaning of academic freedom, the connection between universities and the state, and the criteria for appointing individuals to academic positions. Edward Shils understood the university as a great symphonic conductor comprehends the value of each instrument and section, both separately and in cooperation. The Calling of Education offers his insightful perspective on problems that are no less pressing than when he first confronted them. - Edward Shils (1910-1995) was distinguished service professor in the Committee on Social Thought and the Department of Sociology at the University of Chicago and a fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge University. Among his many books published by the University of Chicago Press are Portraits: A Gallery of Intellectuals and the three-volume Selected Papers of Edward Shils. Steven Grosby teaches in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Clemson University. He is the editor of The Virtue of Civility: Selected Papers of Edward Shils on Liberalism, Tradition, and Civil Society. ISBN 9780226753393 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 405.…

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Throughout his long and prolific career, Edward Shils (1910-1995) brought an extraordinary knowledge of academic institutions to discussions about higher education. THE CALLING OF EDUCATION features Shils's most illuminating and incisive writing on this topic from the last 25 years of his life.…

Zustand: New. Featuring the writing of Edward Shils on the topic of education, this text articulates the ethical demands of the academic profession, directing attention to the integration of teaching and research. Other pieces focus on perennial issues in higher learning.