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Longing for justice : higher education and democracy's agenda

Simpson, Jennifer S., author

Overview

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. -- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Subject: Education, Higher Social aspects. / Education, Higher Political aspects. / Democracy and education. / Higher education and state. / Political participation.
• ISBN: 9780802099785, 0802099785, 9780802096708, 0802096700

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
LC171.S56 2014	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE