Enabling Public Scholars through Faculty Development

2021 ◽  
Vol 03 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Adamson
Keyword(s):  
South Dakota ◽  
Common Good ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Student Voices ◽  
Student Work ◽  
Public Scholarship ◽  
The Common ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The University ◽  
Support Students

To support faculty as they remained civically engaged during the pandemic, the Center for Teaching and Learning at the University of South Dakota (CTL) launched a training series on public scholarship partnering with facilitators from Emory, Baylor, and Harvard. Core outcome of the series were for faculty to find a home for themselves in public engagement and to support students in their own public-facing work. The series introduced faculty to public scholarship as a dialogical partnership and offered workshops on facilitating public-facing student work and organizing virtual conferences, concluding each term with a panel featuring academics who promote the common good in different ways. This article explains the development of this series with the theoretical underpinnings that guided it and concludes by proposing a definition of public scholarship that includes student voices and repositions universities within the communities they inhabit.

Maṣlaḥa as Sovereignty: Fadlallah and Khomeini Compared

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-112
Author(s):  
Nachman Alexander
Keyword(s):  
Political Thought ◽  
Common Good ◽  
Islamic History ◽  
The Common Good ◽  
Islamic Political Thought ◽  
Popular Movement ◽  
The Common ◽  
Definition Of

This article examines how Fadlallah and Khomeini’s respective quests for sovereignty are reflected in their political thought, particularly vis-a-vis their notions of maṣlaḥa, which I define as the “common good.” I argue that if, to an extent, Islamic political thought seeks to maximise maṣlaḥa, then this can also constitute a claim to sovereignty, the definition of which remains multidimensional and contentious. By closely examining Fadlallah and Khomeini’s writings and pronouncements on governance, popular movement, and state, I attempt to reveal how discussions regarding Islamic governance demonstrate a broader claim to authority in Islamic history.

Creative collaboration: student creative works in the institutional repository

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-31
Author(s):  
Rose Sliger Krause ◽  
Andrea Langhurst Eickholt ◽  
Justin L. Otto
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Music Performance ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Institutional Repository ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Student Work ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Music Department ◽  
Eastern Washington ◽  
The University

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe the music performance collection preserved in Eastern Washington University’s institutional repository (IR). This collection of recordings of student music performances is the result of an ongoing collaboration between the university?s library and music department, which serves to provide discoverability, preservation and access to a collection of student creative works, which had heretofore been a hidden collection. Design/methodology/approach This collection of student creative work was identified as a suitable project for the Eastern Washington University’s IR while it was still in the planning stages because it was identified as an existing need that the new IR could address. Much of the groundwork for the collaboration between the library and music department was completed prior to IR implementation. Thus, the library was ready to begin work on this collection once the IR was operational. Findings The student music performance collection has been a successful project for the IR, which benefits the music department by making student performances discoverable and accessible, and benefits the library by providing the opportunity to demonstrate that the then-new IR could support the university’s student-centered focus on teaching and learning. Originality/value While there is a growing body of literature on IRs emphasizing student work, there is little literature on music or other creative works’ collections in IRs, much less on creative works by students. This paper adds to the limited body of literature on student creative works in the IR by describing the development, implementation and lessons learned from the successful music performances collection.

Beyond stateless democracy

2015 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-41
Author(s):  
William J. Novak ◽  
Stephen W. Sawyer ◽  
James T. Sparrow
Keyword(s):  
Common Good ◽  
John Locke ◽  
The State ◽  
Direct Response ◽  
Classical Liberal ◽  
Liberal Conception ◽  
Neutral Site ◽  
The Common ◽  
The One ◽  
Definition Of

Pierre Bourdieu began his posthumously published lectures “On the State” by highlighting the three dominant traditions that have framed most thinking about the state in Western social science and modern social theory. On the one hand, he highlighted what he termed the “initial definition” of the state as a “neutral site” designed to regulate conflict and “serve the common good.” Bourdieu traced this essentially classical liberal conception of the state back to the pioneering political treatises of Thomas Hobbes and John Locke.1 In direct response to this “optimistic functionalism,” Bourdieu noted the rise of a critical and more “pessimistic” alternative—something of a diametric opposite.

scholarly journals Thomas Aquinas’ influences inInfanteD. Pedro’ “Virtuosa Benfeitoria”: Scholastic tradition in History and History of Education

2016 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Terezinha Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Common Good ◽  
Thomas Aquinas ◽  
Human Relationships ◽  
The Common Good ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Common ◽  
Social Project ◽  
Methodological Principles ◽  
The One ◽  
The University

The considerations on the book “VirtuosaBenfeitoria” aim atevaluating the relevance of a social project to guide the actions of the ruler and theindividuals, with a view to practical actions that converge to the common good. The infant D. Pedro, also known as the Duke of Coimbra, wrote the work. The central focus of the book is to address the sense of improvement and how the prince should practice and bestow it and how the subjects would receive and practice it. The arguments of D. Pedro to deal with the good and the society are strongly influenced by classical authorities and authors of scholasticism, especially Thomas Aquinas. In this sense, on the one hand our study seeks to show that such knowledge was essential for him to understand the plots that build human relationships, whose premises, to him, should be the ones leading society towards the common good;on the other hand, the goal is to analyze the work we regard as essential theoretical and methodological principles of history that allow us to recover, through memory, historical events that potentially guide us through paths that show the relevance of the Master of the University, as a vector in the organization of a given society. 

scholarly journals The Economic Value of Digital Earth

2019 ◽  
pp. 623-643 ◽  
Author(s):  
Max Craglia ◽  
Katarzyna Pogorzelska
Keyword(s):  
Common Good ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Open Data ◽  
Earth Observation ◽  
Economic Approach ◽  
Scarce Resources ◽  
Digital Earth ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
The Common ◽  
Definition Of

Abstract In this chapter, we approach the economic value of Digital Earth with a broad definition of economic value, i.e., the measure of benefits from goods or services to an economic agent and the trade-offs the agent makes in view of scarce resources. The concept of Digital Earth has several components: data, models, technology and infrastructure. We focus on Earth Observation (EO) data because this component has been undergoing the most dramatic change since the beginning of this century. We review the available recent studies to assess the value of EO/geospatial/open data and related infrastructures and identify three main sets of approaches focusing on the value of information, the economic approach to the value of EO to the economy from both macro- and microeconomic perspectives, and a third set that aims to maximize value through infrastructure and policy. We conclude that the economic value of Digital Earth critically depends on the perspective: the value for whom, what purpose, and when. This multiplicity is not a bad thing: it acknowledges that Digital Earth is a global concept in which everyone can recognize their viewpoint and collaborate with others to increase the common good.

Online Support for Students’ Writing Skills Development in a Technical Communication Introductory Module

2012 ◽  
pp. 772-785
Author(s):  
Yvonne Cleary
Keyword(s):  
Technical Communication ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Virtual Learning Environment ◽  
Online Support ◽  
Writing Problems ◽  
Communication Module ◽  
The Many ◽  
The University ◽  
Support Students

This chapter explores the development of online support for writing skills in one technical communication module taught at the University of Limerick. It demonstrates the need for writing support by exploring the many complexities of teaching and learning writing skills. Central to the discussion is the principle of process, rather than product, orientation. Students on the module have been surveyed over the past two years to determine their attitudes to, and perceptions of, their writing strengths and weaknesses. The chapter outlines and exemplifies the types of writing-problems students and instructors identify. Online support is posited as an intervention which facilitates autonomous learning. The chapter concludes by discussing how online resources, and especially the university virtual learning environment, Sakai (called Sulis at University of Limerick), can support students. It also suggests related research opportunities, especially in the area of using Web 2.0 technologies to foster autonomy.

Restored Public Life

2021 ◽  
pp. 164-180
Author(s):  
Bruce Ledewitz
Keyword(s):  
Common Good ◽  
Public Life ◽  
Religious Knowledge ◽  
The Common Good ◽  
Policy Debates ◽  
Personal Level ◽  
The Common ◽  
Cultural Entity ◽  
The University ◽  
The Universe

When we live in the yes, public life in America will be rescued from despair. We know from the Hispanic community’s example that religious knowledge of our place in the universe is healthy. The yes functions similarly. At the personal level, the reader who answers Lonergan’s question with a yes will encounter celebration, gratitude, and, because we have not lived up to the direction of the universe, confession. The universe now offers correction that must be taken seriously, though not coercively or institutionally. The yes spreads through the cultural entity of cosmopolis, which will confront our nihilism. The disciplines and the university will be renewed by a new understanding of the unity of all subject matters. Each course of study, though different, is always of a universe that is on our side. Policy debates will consider the common good. Politics will be filled with meaning and be more generous.

scholarly journals Responsabilidad social y desarrollo personal: el valor de la práctica temprana

2014 ◽  
pp. 135
Author(s):  
María José Labra Navarro
Keyword(s):  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Action ◽  
Common Good ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Institutional Identity ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
The Common ◽  
The University ◽  
Study Plan

RESUMEN El presente artículo presenta los resultados de una investigación desarrollada en el marco del proceso de sistematización de los proyectos sociales elaborados y ejecutados por los estudiantes de la asignatura de Desarrollo Personal perteneciente al Plan Común de la Universidad Católica Silva Henríquez. Esta experiencia formativa busca profundizar y poner en práctica el sello identitario, basado en el respeto, la solidaridad y la búsqueda del bien común, declarado por la Universidad, incentivando el ejercicio de la competencia de responsabilidad social. De este modo, mediante un enfoque cualitativo y un análisis de contenidos se buscó categorizar y describir los principales aprendizajes relevados por los estudiantes participantes de este proceso, con la finalidad de recoger elementos que permitan la validación y utilización de esta metodología como una herramienta viable de apropiación inicial en los estudiantes de dicha competencia. Palabras Clave: Responsabilidad social – Competencias – Formación - Desarrollo personal - Acción social. Responsabilidade social e desenvolvimento pessoal: o valor da prática temprana RESUMO O presente artigo apresenta os resultados de uma investigação que se desenvolve no marco do processo de sistematização dos projetos sociais elaborados e executados pelos estudantes da aula de Desenvolvimento Pessoal que pertence ao Plano Comum da Faculdade Católica Silva Henríquez. Esta experiência formativa procura aprofundar e colocar em prática o selo identitário, baseando-se no respeito, na solidariedade e procura do bem comum declarado pela Faculdade, incentivando o exercício da competência de responsabilidade social. Deste modo, mediante um enfoque cualitativo e uma análise de conteúdos se procurou categorizar e descrever as principais aprendizagens relevadas pelos estudantes participantes deste processo, com a finalidade de recolher elementos que permitam a validação e utilização desta metodologia como uma ferramenta viável de apropriação inicial nos estudantes de dita competência. Palavras Chave: Responsabilidade social – Competências – Formação – Desenvolvimento Pessoal - Ação social. Social responsibility and personal development: the value of early practicum ABSTRACT This article presents the results of a study carried out in the framework of the systematization of social projects developed and implemented by the students of the course: Personal Development pertaining to study plan of Universidad Católica Silva Henríquez. This educational experience seeks to strengthen the institutional identity seal, based on respect, solidarity and the common good, declared by the University, encouraging the exercise of the ability of social responsibility. Thus, by using a qualitative approach and content analysis, the study aims to categorize and describe the main learning dimensions learned by the students of this course with a view to collecting information required for the validation and use of this methodology as a didactic tool to help students to develop such competency. Keywords: Social Responsibility - Competencies - Education - Personal Development - Social Action.

scholarly journals Seeking the Common Good or Just Making Us be Good? Recent Amendment to New Zealand's Social Security Law

2013 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 383 ◽  
Author(s):  
Māmari Stephens
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Common Good ◽  
Sufficient Conditions ◽  
Individual Autonomy ◽  
Moral Obligations ◽  
The Common Good ◽  
Social Security Act ◽  
The Common ◽  
Definition Of

New Zealand's social security system was born out of a vision of society consistent with a definition of the common good informed by Christian ethics. The past 30 years, in particular, have seen fierce ideological battles fought between the left and right over the extent, coverage, and generosity of the system. Yet a remnant of the vision of the common good remains, whereby individuals can have some access, by virtue of social security, to the sufficient conditions of social life to be free enough to find some level of fulfilment in that life. However, the freedom to be good, as is also required by a broad understanding of the common good, is under threat within New Zealand's social security law. Social security law asserts a vision, and not a coherent one, of what it means to be good in New Zealand society.  Newly minted social obligations in the Social Security Act 1964 go beyond the purposes of the legislation; being unconnected to relieving need, maintaining fiscal prudence, or even seeking paid employment as a means of achieving welfare. These modern moral obligations ensure that beneficiaries' freedom to choose to live life in a way consonant with the common good is frustrated, if not substantially abrogated, striking the wrong balance between the law's protection of individual autonomy and its implementation of social imperatives in pursuit of the common good.

Persistence Stories and Survival Strategies of Cambodian Americans in College

1996 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter N. Kiang
Keyword(s):  
Student Persistence ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Reference Points ◽  
Survival Strategies ◽  
Asian Students ◽  
Student Voices ◽  
Refugee Students ◽  
College Student Persistence ◽  
The University ◽  
Southeast Asian Students

Abstract Contrary to traditional models of student persistence, Cambodian refugee students' survival strategies reflect and enhance the significance of reference points external to the academic and social domains of the university. Authorizing Cambodian student voices reveals the strengths and needs of their multidimensional backgrounds—particularly in relation to the curriculum and dynamics of teaching and learning in the classroom. (Cambodian Students, Southeast Asian Students, College Student Persistence, Student Voices)

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