Course Correction: A Map for the Distracted University Contributor(s): Gooch, Paul W. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1487523564 ISBN-13: 9781487523565 Publisher: University of Toronto Press OUR PRICE: $34.15 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2019 |
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BISAC Categories: - Education | Organizations & Institutions - Philosophy |
Series: Utp Insights |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.00 lbs) 312 pages |
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Publisher Description: Course Correction engages in deliberation about what the twenty-first-century university needs to do in order to re-find its focus as a protected place for unfettered commitment to knowledge, not just as a space for creating employment or economic prosperity. The university's business, Paul W. Gooch writes, is to generate and critique knowledge claims, and to transmit and certify the acquisition of knowledge. In order to achieve this, a university must have a reputation for integrity and trustworthiness, and this, in turn, requires a diligent and respectful level of autonomy from state, religion, and other powerful influences. It also requires embracing the challenges of academic freedom and the effective governance of an academic community. Course Correction raises three important questions about the twenty-first-century university. In discussing the dominant attention to student experience, the book asks, Is it now all about students? Secondly, in questioning What knowledge should undergraduates gain? it provides a critique of undergraduate experience, advocating a Socratic approach to education as interrogative conversation. Finally, by asking What and where are well-placed universities? the book makes the case against placeless education offered in the digital world, in favour of education that takes account of its place in time and space. |
Contributor Bio(s): Gooch, Paul W.: - Paul W. Gooch is President Emeritus and Professor of Philosophy at Victoria University in the University of Toronto. |