Education as civic engagement Toward a more democratic society /

A collection of the finest works of scholarship examining education - mostly higher education - as civic engagement published over the last decade in JAC, an award-winning journal of rhetoric, politics, and culture.

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Group Author: Olson, Gary A., 1954-; Worsham, Lynn.
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Language: English
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Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137021052
Summary: A collection of the finest works of scholarship examining education - mostly higher education - as civic engagement published over the last decade in JAC, an award-winning journal of rhetoric, politics, and culture.
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Epublication based on: 9781137033697, 2012.
Carrier Form: 356 p.
ISBN: 9781137033680
9781137021052 :
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CLC: C91
Contents: Introduction PART I: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES Race, Rhetoric, and the Contest over Civic Education-- S.Searls Giroux History as a Challenge to the Idea of the University-- J.J.Williams Class Consciousness and the Junior College Movement: Creating a Docile Workforce-- W.DeGenaro Hegemony and the Discourse of the Land Grant Movement: Historicizing as a Point of Departure-- D.M.Brown PART II: EMERGING TRENDS Marketing Excellence in Higher Education-- C.Carter Capitalizing on Disaster: How the Political Right is Using Disaster to Privatize Public Schooling-- K.J.Saltman PART III: TOWARD A PEDAGOGY OF HOPE Deweyan Hopefulness in a Time of Despair-- S.M.Fishman What's Hope Got to Do With It?: Toward a Theory of Hope and Pedagogy-- D.Jacobs Liberating 'Liberatory' Education, or What Do We Mean by 'Liberty' Anyway?-- J.M.Ringer Index Contributors.