University Education, Controversy and Democratic Citizenship

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

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This book explores the role of the university in upholding democratic values for societal change. The chapters advocate for the moral virtue of democratic patriotism: the editors and contributors argue that universities, as institutions of higher learning, can encourage the creation of critical and patriotic citizens.

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Utgivningsdatum2021-11-17
Mått148 x 210 x 15 mm
Vikt341 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor231
FörlagSpringer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN9783030569877

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Nuraan Davids is Professor of Philosophy of Education in the Department of Education Policy Studies in the Faculty of Education at Stellenbosch University. Her research interests include democratic citizenship education; Islamic philosophy of education; and philosophy of higher education. Recent books include: The Thinking University Expanded: On Profanation, Play and Education (2020, with Y. Waghid); Democratic Education and Muslim Philosophy: Interfacing Muslim and communitarian thought (2020, with Y. Waghid); Universities, pedagogical encounters, openness, and free speech: Reconfiguring democratic education (2019, with Y. Waghid).Yusef Waghid is distinguished professor of philosophy of education at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. He is the co-author of the following books: Teaching, Friendship & Humanity (with Nuraan Davids, Springer, 2020); Teachers Matter: Educational Philosophy and Authentic Learning (with Nuraan Davids, Lexington Publishers, 2020); and Cosmopolitan Education and Inclusion: The Self and Others in Deliberation (New York: Palgrave-MacMillan, 2020 with Chikumbutso Herbert Manthalu, Judith Terblanche, Faiq Waghid & Zayd Waghid).

Preface.- 1. Controversy and the Public Sphere: In Defence of Pluralist Deliberation; Yusef Waghid.- 2. Reconceiving a World around our Bodies: Universities, GBV and Social Justice; Nuraan Davids.- 3. Violent Pedagogy: Critical Pedagogical Self Reflection in the Midst of Engaging the Silencing Effects of Gender-Based Violence Within the Context of Higher Education; Charlene van de Walt & Judith Terblanche.- 4. Re-posturing the African University for Social Justice in Light of Increasing Violence; Chikumbutso Manthalu.- 5. Re-examining instances of cognitive damage in South African universities: Invoking democratic action through educational technology; Zayd Waghid & Faiq Waghid.- 6. Responding to the needs of the republic: Investigating the democratic/social role of the university in contemporary South Africa; Precious Simba.- 7. Identity (re)construction in Higher Education Spaces; Sinobia Kenny.- 8. Institutional culture and the lived experience of violence on university campuses in South Africa; Janine Carlse.- 9. ‘Burn to be heard’: The (in)-dispensability of ‘revolutionary’ violence in student protests and responsible citizenship in African public universities; Joseph Hungwe.- 10. On the Controversy of Democratic Citizenship and its Implications for University Education; Nuraan Davids and Yusef Waghid.