1st Edition

Educating for Civic-mindedness Nurturing authentic professional identities through transformative higher education

By Carolin Kreber Copyright 2016
190 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

190 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

190 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Imagined at their best, how might professions contribute most effectively to their local and global communities, and how could higher education support graduates/future professionals in making this contribution? The answer proposed in this book is to educate students for ‘civic-mindedness’, an overarching professional capability grounded in certain dispositions and qualities, ideals, types of... Read more

1 Introducing key issues and concepts  2 Exposing the culture of inauthenticity  3 Conceptualising ideal ‘graduates’ through accounts of authenticity  4 Understanding civic-mindedness: The external dimension of civic professionalism  5 Recognising self-cultivation: The internal dimension of civic professionalism  6 Valuing different types of professional knowledge  7 Cultivating political emotions  8 Enabling democracy  9 Reasoning publically-connecting with community  10 Imagining ‘action’-oriented pedagogies  11 Nurturing authentic professionals identities

Biography

Carolin Kreber is Professor of Higher Education the University of Edinburgh, UK, and Dean of the School of Professional Studies at Cape Breton University, Canada.

"This is a complex, carefully crafted book that makes an important contribution to the civic and community engagement literature...Kreber has produced a book that begs further exploration of the questions it raises."

-- Novella Zett Keith, Professor Emerita of Urban Education at Temple University and author of Engaging in Social Partnerships: Democratic Practices for University-Community Partnership