This volume compiles eight chapters by sociology and other researchers from Europe and the US, who describe an alternative collaborative academic system to the current hegemonic neoliberal university. They argue for the transformation of research and education in the construction of a post-pandemic world built on justice and peace, based on the pedagogical perspective of Paulo Freire. They contend that too much emphasis is placed on learning instruction and student motivational techniques and not enough attention is given to critical thinking and formative values, and they examine the academic division of labor that separates teaching and learning activities from research; the impact of cultural intolerance, racism, and neo-fascism; environmental threats and climate change; structural and cultural barriers to social change in university transformation; issues faced by migrant families; the impact of urban planning and unsustainable city growth; the technocratic and undemocratic tendencies that characterize conventional science and modes of research; the complexity of "wicked" problems that need innovative and interdisciplinary practices in research and education; and the rising costs and negative consequences for society of current universities. They discuss strategies like active learning, action research, intercultural dialogue, and critical pedagogy. Distributed in North America by Turpin Distribution. Annotation ©2022 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
Providing a critical look at how it is possible for institutions of higher education to go beyond the institutional constraints that plague the neo-liberal university, the authors of this volume explore the powerful role of transformative university-based research and education.
Providing a critical look at how it is possible for institutions of higher education to go beyond the institutional constraints that plague the neo-liberal university, the authors of this volume explore the powerful role of transformative university-based research and education.
An emerging global network of concerned teachers and researchers who are currently engaged in dialogue with civil society and social movements, seek to construct another possible post-pandemic world built on premises of democracy, justice and peace.
The emphasis on transformation points to alternative ways of doing research and education, associated with critical pedagogics and participatory action-research. This approach entails an intentionality to intervene in the debate and actual modus operandi of university research and education. It seeks to replace the existing vertical division of labour between administrators, teachers and students with an alternative collaborative organization of the production and transmission of knowledge, conducted by co-researchers and co-learners.
