Longing for Justice : Higher Education and Democracy's Agenda

Simpson, Jennifer S. (author., Author, Author).

Summary: A timely and persuasive argument for Higher Education's obligations to our democratic society, Longing for Justice combines personal narrative with critical analysis to make the case for educational practices that connect to questions of democracy, justice, and the common good. Jennifer S. Simpson begins with three questions. First, what is the nature of the social contract that universities have with public life? Second, how might this social contract shape undergraduate education? And third, how do specific approaches to knowledge and undergraduate education inform how students understand society?In a bold challenge to conventional wisdom about Higher Education, Simpson argues that today's neoliberal educational norms foreground abstract concepts and leave the complications of real life, especially the intricacies of power, unexamined. Analysing modern teaching techniques, including service learning and civic engagement, Simpson concludes that for Higher Education to serve democracy it must strengthen students' abilities to critically analyse social issues, recognize and challenge social inequities, and pursue justice.

Record details

ISBN: 9781442619661
Physical Description: 1 online resource (280 p.)
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Computer data.
Publisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2018]
Copyright: ©2014

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:january.23 Multi-User.
Formatted Contents Note:	Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Higher Education and Democracy's Agenda: Resisting "Streamlined" Education -- 2. Higher Education and the Social Contract: Considering the "We" of Public Life -- 3. Civic Engagement and Service Learning: The Burden of Liberal Norms -- 4. "What Do You Think? 41 Bullets?": The Relationship of the Subject and the Social -- 5. Liberal Norms and Questions of Practice: Education, Ethics, and Interests -- 6. Epistemological Architectures: Possibilities for Understanding the Social -- 7. The Work of the "We": Democracy's Agenda and Curricular and Pedagogical Possibilities -- Notes -- References -- Index
Restrictions on Access Note:	restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
Additional Physical Form available Note:	Issued also in print.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. Mode of access: Internet.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted through purchase.
Language Note:	In English.
Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by publisher.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 15. Sep 2020)