Values of the University in a Time of Uncertainty

By Paul Gibbs

Book Overview

Part 1. Systems of Values.- 1. Introduction; Paul Gibbs, Jill Jameson and Alex Elwick. 2. Virtues and dispositions as learning theory in universities; David Scott.- 3. Duties before rights a Kantian notion of the university of the future; Paul Gibbs.- Part 2. The University as Values Organisation.- 4. Re-Valuing the University: An Ecological Approach; Ronald Barnett.- 5. The purpose of university value statements; Alex Elwick.- 6. Relationality: deconstructive, reparative, generative: Relating through valuing pain, Kate Maguire.- 7. Governance, leadership and university cultures: do universities critique social norms and values, or copy them?; Ian McNay.- 8. University, integrity and responsibility; Simon Robinson.- 9. Universities and unpaid work: Louis Althusser re-visited; Sabina Siebert .- 10. Values and the international collaborative research in higher education: negotiating epistemic power between the Global South and the Global North; Carolina Guzm?n-Valenzuela.- Part 3. Caring for Others.- 11. Love and Revolution in the post-truth University; Victoria de Rijke.- 12. Kindness, Communication and Academic Responsibility in HE; Martin G. Erikson.- 13. Relationality and justice: being good to one another; Jon Nixon.- 14. Dignity of Difference and Recognition of Interdependence: advocating a critical dialogue between educational values of Islam and Western secular liberalism; Abdullah Sahin.- 15. The values of libert?, ?galit?, fraternit? fifty years on: why the 'free speech' debate makes it even less likely that Mai '68 could happen in Britain now than it was then; Alison Scott-Baumann.- Part 4 - Making a Difference.- 16. Quality Improvement with Compassion: Developing Healthcare Improvement Science in the European Health Professions' Education; Manuel Lillo-Crespo & M Cristina Sierras-Dav?.- 17. Understanding and Creating Compassionate Institutional Cultures and Practices; Kathryn Waddington.- 18. Improving well-being in Higher Education: Adopting a compassionate approach; Frances A. Maratos, Paul Gilbert & Theo Gilbert.- 19. Moving beyond 'homo economicus' into spaces for kindness in higher education: The Critical Corridor Talk of informal higher education leadership; Jill Jameson.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030159728
• ISBN13: 9783030159726
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 307 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"