Meaning-Centered Education

International Perspectives and Explorations in Higher Education

Olga (Khabarovsk State Academy of Economics and Law, Russia) Kovbasyuk & Patrick (Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association, USA and St. John's University, USA) Blessinger

"In a time of globally changing environments and economic challenges, many institutions of higher education are attempting to reform by promoting standardization approaches. Meaning-Centered Education explores the counter-tide for an alternative vision of education, where students and instructors engage in open meaning-making processes and self-organizing educational practices.

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Beschrijving Meaning-Centered Education

Meaning-Centered Education explores the counter-tide for an alternative vision of education, where students and instructors engage in open meaning-making process and self-correcting, self-organizing educational practices that cannot be and should not be stifled by any preset curricular endpoints and standards.

ISBN: 9780415532044
Pagina's: 240
Verschenen: 01-01-2013
Rubriek: Onderwijs

Druk: 1
Uitvoering: Paperback
Taal: Engels
Uitgever: Taylor & Francis Ltd

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