| Description |
xxv, 287 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
SUNY series in the philosophy of education |
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SUNY series in philosophy of education.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Alienation -- What is the educating act? -- Crisis of authority and identity : the inevitability of professionalism -- The professionalization of the university -- A specimen case of professionalizing a field of learning : philosophy -- Eccentricities and distortions of academic professionalism -- Academic professionalism as a veiled purification ritual -- Pollution phenomena : John Dewey's encounter with body-self -- Revolutionary thought of the early twentieth century : reintegrating self and world and a new foundation for humane knowledge -- The reactionary response of positivism : cementing purification, professionalism, segmentation in the university -- Recovering from positivism and reorganizing the university -- Reclaiming the vision of education : redefining definition, identity, gender. |
| Subject |
Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives -- United States.
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College teaching -- United States.
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Professional socialization -- United States.
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| ISBN |
0791401960 |
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9780791401965 |
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0791401979 (pbk.) |
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9780791401972 (pbk.) |
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