Undeclared
A Philosophy of Formative Higher Education
Published on 14. May 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
400 pages
978-0-262-54749-9 (ISBN)
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"With satirical wit and philosophical rigor, Higgins critiques the empty rhetoric of the contemporary university, and articulates a vision of what substantive formative education could be"-- Provided by publisher.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge (Massachusetts)
United States
Publishing group
MIT Press Ltd
Illustrations
1 BLACK AND WHITE ILLUS.
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 31 mm
Weight
498 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-262-54749-9 (9780262547499)
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Chris Higgins is Associate Professor and Chair in the Department of Formative Education in Boston College's Lynch School of Education and Human Development, where he directs the Transformative Educational Studies program. He is the author of The Good Life of Teaching.
Content
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xiii
Prologue xvii
Campus Tour 1
SOUL ACTION: THE SEARCH FOR INTEGRITY IN GENERAL EDUCATION 13
The Formidable Task of Formation 13
Roots and Branches 27
Scattering Requirements 46
A Skeleton Faculty 60
Chest Knowledge 71
Coda 88
New Student Orientation 93
WIDE AWAKE: AESTHETIC EDUCATION AT BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE 109
The Road to Black Mountain 109
An Allegory of Arrival 124
Who Is the Formative Educator? 141
Theater and Wings 157
Learning Here and Now 176
Public Hearing 189
JOB PROSPECTS: VOCATIONAL FORMATION AS HUMANE LEARNING 201
Life in Panem 201
The Great Vocational Question 207
Working with Integrity 220
A New Organ 236
The Last Butler 249
Notes 265
Index 377
Acknowledgments xiii
Prologue xvii
Campus Tour 1
SOUL ACTION: THE SEARCH FOR INTEGRITY IN GENERAL EDUCATION 13
The Formidable Task of Formation 13
Roots and Branches 27
Scattering Requirements 46
A Skeleton Faculty 60
Chest Knowledge 71
Coda 88
New Student Orientation 93
WIDE AWAKE: AESTHETIC EDUCATION AT BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE 109
The Road to Black Mountain 109
An Allegory of Arrival 124
Who Is the Formative Educator? 141
Theater and Wings 157
Learning Here and Now 176
Public Hearing 189
JOB PROSPECTS: VOCATIONAL FORMATION AS HUMANE LEARNING 201
Life in Panem 201
The Great Vocational Question 207
Working with Integrity 220
A New Organ 236
The Last Butler 249
Notes 265
Index 377