Marvin Oxenham

Gebundenes Buch

Higher Education in Liquid Modernity

Beschreibung

Based in sociologist Zygmunt Bauman's theory of liquid modernity, this volume describes and critiques key aspects and practices of liquid education--education as market-driven consumption, short life span of useful knowledge, overabundance of information--through a comparison with ancient Greek paideia and medieval university education, producing a sweeping analysis of the history and philosophy of education for the purpose of understanding higher education, positing a more holisitic alternative model in which students are embedded in a learning community that is itself embedded in a larger society. This volume outlines a renewed vision of social transformation through higher education.

Autor

As an educational philosopher and theologian, Dr. MARVIN OXENHAM is passionate about the trialogue between education, philosophy and theology. He has worked for thirty years in theological education in Europe and internationally as a faculty member, academic dean and leader in quality assurance. He presently serves as general secretary of the European Council for Theological Education, quality assurance director of the ICETE and as a supervisor of students engaged in doctoral research in character and virtue with London School of Theology, UK.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. März 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 507g
• ISBN-13: 9780415813976
• ISBN-10: 0415813972
• Artikelnr.: 36542005