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1 online resource |
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Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy |
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Routledge frontiers of political economy.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Introduction: The extraordinary lessons of self-governance all around us; Creating spaces of self-governance; Changing the nature of the debate: liberal learning and the workplace as civic space; This book; Notes; References; Part I: Cultivating the habits of self-governance in the classroom; 1. Knowledge and community in the undergraduate classroom; Liberal education and self-governance; What's wrong with expert-centered education?; The liberal classroom |
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Cultivating the liberal educatorConclusion; References; 2. On "strongly fortified minds": self-restraint and cooperation in the discussion tradition; Discussion, the self and trade: Adam Smith; Discussion and learning: J.S. Mill; Fair play and language; Discussion and cooperation: experimental evidence; Conclusion; Notes; References; 3. Teaching the art of speaking across ideological paradigms; Citizenship as a critical literacy; Ideology, epistemology, pedagogy; Obstacles to and opportunities for critical, civic pedagogy; Dialogue-centered and deliberative pedagogies |
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Collaboration, reflection, academic freedomConclusion; References; Part II: Place, community, and context: Cultivating the habits of self-governance beyond the traditional classroom; 4. More than community-based learning: Practicing the liberal arts; Trapped in a pernicious dichotomy; Pursuing a path forward; Why context matters; The habits of judgment and humility; Instituting a structure for practicing the liberal arts; Some examples of students practicing the liberal arts at Beloit College; Escaping the dichotomy?; References |
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5. Developing the art of self-governance: Teaching the role of place in associative lifeThe power of place as a lever for education; Illustrating the power of place; Conclusion; Notes; References; Part III: The generative power of social abrasion and social spaces; 6. The essential role of abrasion in developing healthy institutions of liberal learning; Social learning through abrasion; Associational life in liberal education; Creating harmony through discord; Notes; References; 7. Communities of liberal learning as social spaces; Communities of liberal learning as social spaces |
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Friendship and community in Beloit CollegeConclusion; Notes; References; Part IV: Self-governing norms and practices across the academy; 8. Polycentricity and the principles of effective co-governance: What the Bloomington School can teach us; Forms of production and structural rules; Co-production and team production in liberal education; Co-governance as a polycentric order; The principles of good governance: how we know we have them; what to do when we don't?; Conclusion; Notes; References |
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Education, Humanistic -- Social aspects
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Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives.
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Self-control.
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Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives
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Education, Humanistic -- Social aspects
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Self-control
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1134615604 |
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9781134615605 |
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