The Pedagogy of Compassion at the Heart of Higher Education

The Pedagogy of Compassion at the Heart of Higher Education edited by Paul Gibbs.

This book offers a moral rather than instrumental notion of university education whilst locating the university within society. It reflects a balancing of the instrumentalization of higher education as a mode of employment training and enhances the notion of the students’ well-being being at the cor...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Gibbs, Paul (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Edition:1st ed. 2017.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Higher education.
Education—Philosophy.
Curriculums (Courses of study).
Education—Curricula.
Assessment.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
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Summary:This book offers a moral rather than instrumental notion of university education whilst locating the university within society. It reflects a balancing of the instrumentalization of higher education as a mode of employment training and enhances the notion of the students’ well-being being at the core of the university mission. Compassion is examined in this volume as a weaving of diverse cultures and beliefs into a way of recognizing that diversity through a common good offers a way of preparing students and staff for a complex and anxious world. This book provides theoretical and practical discussions of compassion in higher education, it draws contributors from around the world and offers illustrations of compassion in action through a number of international cases studies.
Physical Description:XIII, 238 p. 6 illus. online resource.
ISBN:9783319577838
DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-57783-8

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