Knowledge for Social Change: Bacon, Dewey, and the Revolutionary Transformation of Research Universities in the Twenty-First Century
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| Rating | : | 4.11 (948 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1439915180 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 206 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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Johnston is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania.Joann Weeks is Associate Director of the Barbara and Edward Netter Center for Community Partnerships at the University of Pennsylvania.. Lee Benson (1922–2012) was Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Pennsylvania and co-author
Hodges is Assistant Director of the Barbara and Edward Netter Center for Community Partnerships at the University of Pennsylvania.Francis E. He is also co-editor of “To Serve a Larger Purpose”: Engagement for Democracy and the Transformation of Higher Education (Temple).Rita A. Johnston is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania.Joann Weeks is Associate Director of the Barbara and Edward Netter Center for Community Partnerships at the University of Pennsylvania.. About the AuthorLee Benson (1922–2012) was Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Pennsylvania and co-author of Dewey’s Dream: Universities and Democracies in an Age of Education Reform (Temple).Ira Harkavy is Associate Vice President and Founding Director of the Barbara and Edwar
Employing history, social theory, and a detailed contemporary case study, Knowledge for Social Change argues for fundamentally reshaping research universities to function as democratic, civic, and community-engaged institutions dedicated to advancing learning and knowledge for social change. The authors focus on significant contributions to learning made by Francis Bacon, Benjamin Franklin, Seth Low, Jane Addams, William Rainey Harper, and John Dewey—as well as their own work at Penn’s Netter Center for Community Partnerships—to help create and sustain democratically-engaged colleges and universities for the public good. Knowledge for Social Change highlights university-assisted community schools to effect a thoroughgoing change of research universities that will contribute to more democratic schools, communities, and societies. The authors also call on democratic-minded academics to create and sustain a global movement dedicated to advancing learning for the “relief of man’s estate”—an iconic phrase by Francis Bacon that emphasized the continued betterment of the human condition—and to realize Dewey’s vision of an organic “Great Community” composed of participatory, democratic, collaborative, and interdependent societies.
Amazon Customer said Enlightening book on engaged community scholarship. "Knowledge for Social Change: Bacon, Dewey, and the Revolutionary Transformation of Research Universities in the Twenty-First Century" is a marvelous book that combines the importance of history through Francis', "The Importance of Man's Estate," by which he meant the improvement of the human condition, and John Dewey's "The School as a Social Centre," by