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The heart of higher education : a call to renewal : transforming the academy through collegial conversations

Author: Parker J Palmer; Arthur Zajonc; Megan Scribner
Publisher: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 2010.
Series: Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"A call to advance integrative teaching and learning in higher education. From Parker Palmer, best-selling author of The Courage to Teach, and Arthur Zajonc, professor of physics at Amherst College and director of the academic program of the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society, comes this call to revisit the roots and reclaim the vision of higher education. The Heart of Higher Education proposes an approach to  Read more...
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Parker J Palmer; Arthur Zajonc; Megan Scribner
ISBN: 9780470487907 0470487909
OCLC Number: 502035438
Description: xviii, 237 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Toward a philosophy of integrative education --
When philosophy is put into practice --
Beyond the divided academic life --
Attending to interconnection, living the lesson --
Experience, contemplation, and transformation --
Transformative conversations on campus.
Series Title: Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series.
Responsibility: Parker J. Palmer and Arthur Zajonc with Megan Scribner ; foreword by Mark Nepo.

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Palmer and Zajonc have issued a compelling call for change and renewal in higher education. They show us how colleges and universities can be transformed by taking a more integrated approach to Read more...

 
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