Learning in the Plural: Essays on the Humanities and Public Life - Couverture souple

Cooper, David D.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1611861128 ISBN 13 : 9781611861129

Editeur : Michigan State University Press, 2014

Synopsis

Can civic engagement rescue the humanities from a prolonged identity crisis? How can the practices and methods, the conventions and innovations of humanities teaching and scholarship yield knowledge that contributes to the public good? These are just two of the vexing questions David D. Cooper tackles in his essays on the humanities, literacy, and public life. As insightful as they are provocative, these essays address important issues head-on and raise questions about the relevance and roles of humanities teaching and scholarship, the moral footings and public purposes of the humanities, engaged teaching practices, institutional and disciplinary reform, academic professionalism, and public scholarship in a democracy. Destined to stir discussion about the purposes of the humanities and the problems we face during an era of declining institutional support, public alienation and misunderstanding, student ambivalence, and diminishing resources, the questions Cooper raises in this book are uncomfortable and, in his view, necessary for reflection, renewal, and reform. With frank, deft assessments, Cooper reports on active learning initiatives that reenergized his own teaching life while reshaping the teaching mission of the humanities, including service learning, collaborative learning, the learning community movement, and student-centered and deliberative pedagogy.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

David D. Cooper is Professor Emeritus of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures at Michigan State University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Michigan State University Press
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1611861128
• ISBN 13: 9781611861129
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 194
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• Personne responsable: non disponible