Beyond the Corporate University - Giroux, Henry A; Myrsiades, Kostas
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Prominent scholars in this book move boldly beyond critique to show how and why the critical functions of a democratically informed civic education (not merely professional training) must become the core of the university's mission. They show why higher education must address what it means to relate knowledge to public life, and social responsibility to the demands of critical citizenship. Moreover, they show why democratic forms of education and various elements of a critical pedagogy are vital not only to individual students, but also to our economy and our democratic institutions and future leadership.…mehr

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Prominent scholars in this book move boldly beyond critique to show how and why the critical functions of a democratically informed civic education (not merely professional training) must become the core of the university's mission. They show why higher education must address what it means to relate knowledge to public life, and social responsibility to the demands of critical citizenship. Moreover, they show why democratic forms of education and various elements of a critical pedagogy are vital not only to individual students, but also to our economy and our democratic institutions and future leadership.
Autorenporträt
Henry A. Giroux is the Waterbury Professor of Education at Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of several books including, The Mouse that Roared: Disney and the End of Innocence and Channel Surfing: Racism, the Media, and the Destruction of Today's Youth. Kostas Myrsiades is professor of English at West Chester University and the editor of The College Literature Journal.