ISBN: 9789811652790 - the promise of the university: reclaiming humanity, humility, and hope (debating higher education: philosophical perspectives, band 10) (4 Ergebnisse)

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. The Promise of the University | Reclaiming Humanity, Humility, and Hope | Áine Mahon | Taschenbuch | Debating Higher Education: Philosophical Perspectives | vii | Englisch | 2023 | Springer | EAN 9789811652790 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg, juergen[dot]hartmann[at]springer[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This book offers philosophical readings of the contemporary university and is motivated by a series of pressing challenges in the global context of Higher Education. It argues that the university is a place for community, for refuge, for enlightenment and the careful questioning of knowledge, but it is also a place for visceral ambition and for intellectual cowardice, for blinkered individualism and professional competitiveness.In the context of a highly competitive post-crash global economy, contemporary students are placed under increasing pressure to distinguish themselvesfrom their peers via a portfolio of learning excellence and extracurricular achievement. Growing numbers undertake part or full-time employmentin order to cover registration fees and the basic costs of living. University staff take on very different forms of pressure that operate across the life-course of an academic career-from early-career anxieties to the worries of moreprivileged and permanent faculty who fear they do not meet ever-changing structures, assumptions and demands of the university itself.This book argues that these interlinked agendas demand consideration from philosophers of education in Ireland, Europe and further afield. It proposes that we must embody a very careful balancing act: one where we remember the romantic ideals and promises of the university while still acknowledging the very real and pressing challenges faced by our staff and students. The book will be of interest to academics, graduate students, and advanced-level undergraduates in Philosophy, Education, Mental Health, and Organizational Psychology in both North America and Europe.…

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