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Decentering the ivory tower of academia /
For many, the academy has historically represented privilege and intellectual exclusion; for others it has represented an increasingly contested site, as marginalized populations have challenged the myth of the ivory tower being a haven of meritocracy and equal opportunities. Still others persist in...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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San Francisco :
Jossey-Bass,
[2013]
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| Colección: | New directions for adult and continuing education ;
no. 139. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Decentering the Ivory Tower of Academia; Copyright; Contents; Editor's Notes; References; Chapter 1: Knowledge, Power, Hope: Activism, Research, and Social Justice; Why This Issue? Why Now?; The Case of Adult Literacy; Power, Knowledge, and Justice; References; Chapter 2: Decentering and Recentering the Ivory Tower: The Insights and Musings of an Interloper; Final Thoughts; References; Chapter 3: Decentering the Ivory Tower: A University of the Poor; A Narrative That Began Before Me; The Evolution of a University of the Poor; Returning to the Ivory Tower; References.
- Chapter 4: The Illusive Ground Between Town and GownThe University in the Background; Gentrification and the Growth of a University; City Colleges vs. Universidad Popular; A Design for Failure; Free of a Strangling Embrace; The Limits of University/Community Partnerships; Contrasting Approaches; References; Chapter 5: The Turtle's Shell: Protecting the Life Underneath; John Gordon; John Garvey; John Gordon; Peter Kleinbard; Paul Wasserman; John Garvey; John Gordon; Peter Kleinbard; Paul Wasserman; John Garvey; Paul Wasserman; Peter Kleinbard; John Gordon; Conclusion; References.
- Chapter 6: Two Worlds in One Backpack"Why Are You an Academic?"; Beginnings; Becoming an Academic Political Educator; Turning the Economy on Its Feet; The World of Community Organizing; Traveling Across Divisions; Subverting the Logic of Higher Education; Coming to Closure; References; Chapter 7: Labor Studies: Redefining a College Education; Situating Labor Studies Historically and Politically; Labor Studies and the Occupy Moment; References; Chapter 8: Creating a Community of Women Educated in Literacy; A Snapshot; Interlude: Introducing WE LEARN and Its Origins; Working on a Fertile Edge.
- Creating Spaces for Women's Learning: The (Net) Working "Un"-ConferenceWE LEARN Empowering Women; References; Chapter 9: What Time Is It on the Clock of the Universe?; References; Index.