Universities as if students mattered : social science on the creative edge
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Universities as if students mattered : social science on the creative edge
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2005
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-263) and index
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Description
Universities As If Students Mattered is a book about social/public policy in general, and higher education policy in particular. Scanzoni critiques the current undergraduate system of learning in the U.S. and proposes two closely allied innovations for the social sciences that would help make the student experience truly matter. The first innovation is a shift from what's been described as a 'teaching' or 'instructional' paradigm, to what's known as a 'learning' paradigm or 'discovery-based' learning. The second aims at serving society by addressing urgent social issues or problems in the educational process. Through these innovations, Scanzoni hopes to go a long way towards erasing the stigma that social science doesn't matter to anyone aside from its practitioners. Finally, Scanzoni discusses the use of 'action research' to gain understanding, and do so by disturbing and/or redirecting the particular slice of the real world that one happens to be studying. By directly involving undergraduates in the Action Research process, they would simultaneously be connected to discovery-based learning, improving their education and the field of Socal Sciences as a whole.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 The Troubled Marriage of Social Science with Human Betterment: From Bliss to Disenchantment to the Search for Reconciliation Chapter 2 Universities in Transition: Social Science in the Impoverished Backwaters Chapter 3 Mid-20th Century Efforts at University Reform: Mutations That Didn't Quite Make It Chapter 4 Let all the Flowers Bloom: Landscape of Diversity Among Professors in the New Century Chapter 5 Discovery-Based Learning: The Coach Cultivating Players' Human Capital Chapter 6 Discovery-Based Learning: The Coach Enabling Players at Resolving Social Issues Chapter 7 A New Social Contract Within a New American College: From the Ivory Tower to the Commons
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