Human Development and Capabilities

Re-imagining the university of the twenty-first century
Herausgeber: Boni, Alejandra; Walker, Melanie

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Human Development and Capabilities imaginatively applies a theoretical framework to universities as institutions and social practices from human development and the capability approach, attempting to show how universities might advance equalities rather than necessarily widen them, and how they can contribute to a sustainable and democratic society. Picking through the capability approach for human development, in relation to Universities, this book highlights and explores three main ideas: * theoretical insights to advance thinking about human development and higher education * Policy implications for the responsibilities and potential contributions of universities in a period of significant global change * Operationalising a New Imaginary This fresh take on the work and purpose of the University is essential reading for anyone interested in university education, capability approach and human development; particularly postgraduates, University policy makers, researchers and academics in the field of higher education.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. April 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 540g
• ISBN-13: 9780415536325
• ISBN-10: 0415536324
• Artikelnr.: 36075887

Autorenporträt

Alejandra Boni is an Associate Professor at the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain, and member of the Development, Cooperation and Ethics Study Group. Melanie Walker is Senior Research Professor at the University of the Free State, South Africa, and South African Research Chair in human development and higher education.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: human development, capabilities and uiversities of the
twenty-first century Part I Theoretical insights 2. Higher education and
human development: towards the public and social good 3. University
knowledge, human development and pedagogic rights 4. What is wrong with
global inequality in higher education? 5. Education and capabilities for a
global 'great transition' Part II Policy implications 6. Equity and
graduate attributes 7. Employability: a capability approach 8. Capabilities
and widening access to higher education: a case study of social exclusion
and inequality in China 9. Universities and social responsibility for human
and sustainable development Part III Operationalizing a new imaginary 10.
Liberal arts education and the formation of valuable capabilities 11.
Teaching for well-being: pedagogical strategies for meaning, value,
relevance and justice 12. Global learning for global citizenship 13.
Capabilities and a pedagogy for global identities 14. Educating development
professionals for reflective and transformative agency: insights from a
master's degree 15. Re-imagining universities: international education,
cosmopolitan pedagogies and global friendships 16. Social engagement and
universities: a case study from Mexico