Wisdom in the University

Informationen zum Autor Ronald Barnett is Pro-Director for Longer Term Strategy and Professor of Higher Education at the Institute of Education, University of London., Nicholas Maxwell is Emeritus Reader in Philosophy of Science and Honorary Senior Research Fellow at University College London. Klappentext Questions how people think about what universities should seek to do and how they should respond to the grave problems of our age. This addresses issues such as: What is wisdom? Ought universities to seek! promote and teach wisdom and what would this involve? And does it mean we need a revolution in the aims and methods of academic inquiry? Zusammenfassung This provocative and challenging book questions how people think about what universities should seek to do and how they should respond to the pressing issues of our time. With contributions from leading experts Wisdom in the University is essential reading for all those interested in the the future of universities and philosophy of education. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. From Knowledge to Wisdom: The Case for a Revolution 2. Teaching for Wisdom: What Matters is not what Students Know! but How They Use It 3. Wisdom as Skill: Teaching Wisdom for Lifelong Learning 4. Wisdom Remembered: Recovering a Theological Vision of Wisdom for the Academe 5. Shakespeare's Take on Human Wisdom 6. Irreconciliable differences? Rationality v Cautious Confidence in Academia 7. To what extent does Academic put Wisdom-Inquiry into Practice? 8. The Pursuit of Wisdom and Commercial Pressures

Product details

• Authors: Ronald (Institute of Education Barnett
• Assisted by: Ronald Barnett (Editor), Barnett Ronald (Editor), Nicholas Maxwell (Editor), Maxwell Nicholas (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.02.2009
• EAN: 9780415495578
• ISBN: 978-0-415-49557-8
• No. of pages: 106
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 248 mm x 6 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, Philosophy & theory of education, universities, Philosophy and theory of education, Higher education, tertiary education, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher