1st Edition
Educating for Civic-mindedness Nurturing authentic professional identities through transformative higher education
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
