“To Educate for the Practice of Freedom”

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-111
Author(s):  
Jeffrey S. Mayer ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Moral Agency ◽  
Evolutionary Biology ◽  
Student Experiences ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Relational Sociology ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Face ◽  
Multiple Levels ◽  
The University

Sounding the call for an integral human development, CST invites considering the subsidiary nature of relationships at multiple levels of society as a spiritual matter. Drawing from diverse sources in theology, relational sociology, and evolutionary biology, this essay explores Catholic educational institutions and their role in fostering the moral agency of students and faculty. In the face of epidemiological evidence of the social ills of economic inequality, the question becomes: Do we have the freedom to imagine an alternative to current trends in the commodification of education? The partnership of Catholic Relief Services and the university offers hope as a relational subject from which emerges the good of mutuality. Integrating student experiences from the classroom to the field, this essay advances the development of a “pedagogy of liminal mutuality” in the reciprocal practices of solidarity-building at and from the margins.

scholarly journals Formación de educadores sociales en Cataluña: reflexiones acerca de los grados de Educación Social ofrecidos por dos universidades de Barcelona (p. 45-64)

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina Minussi Franco
Keyword(s):  
Professional Training ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Social Education ◽  
Academic Context ◽  
Autonomous Region ◽  
The Social ◽  
Education Careers ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The University ◽  
Intense Debate

Este artigo trata de descrever os processos de formação profissional de educa-dores sociais no âmbito da educação universitária na Comunidade Autônomada Catalunha, na Espanha. Nos últimos anos, devido ao surgimento de novasformas de exclusão social, ao aumento das desigualdades e à crescente globali-zação, verifica-se um aprofundamento do debate sobre a profissão do educadorsocial, suas competências e funções e, ao mesmo tempo, sobre a necessidade derepensar sua formação. Este trabalho faz parte de um projeto mais amplo sobreo assunto e apresenta uma revisão bibliográfica baseada no contexto acadêmicoespanhol, com uma descrição das propostas formativas dos cursos de graduaçãode Educação Social de duas universidades catalãs de importante reconhecimentointernacional: Universidade de Barcelona e Universidade Autônoma de Barce-lona. Os resultados evidenciam a necessidade de uma maior aproximação entreo processo formativo que os educadores recebem no âmbito universitário e asnecessidades reais presentes nas instituições socioeducativas.Palavras-chave: Educação social. Educador social. Formação profissional.Competências.ResumenEste artículo trata de describir dos procesos de formación profesional de educa-dores sociales en el ámbito de la educación universitaria en la Comunidad Autó-noma de Cataluña, España. En los últimos años, a consecuencia del surgimientode nuevas formas de exclusión social, del aumento de las desigualdades y de lacreciente globalización, se verifica una intensificación del debate sobre la profe-sión del educador social, sus competencias, sus funciones y a la vez sobre la ne-cesidad de repensar su formación. Este trabajo forma parte de un proyecto másamplio acerca del tema y presenta una revisión bibliográfica basada en el contex-to académico español, al lado de una descripción de las propuestas formativas delas carreras de Educación Social de dos universidades catalanas de importante re-conocimiento internacional: Universidad de Barcelona y Universidad Autónomade Barcelona. Los resultados evidencian la importancia de la aproximación entreel proceso formativo que los educadores reciben en el ámbito universitario y lasnecesidades reales presentes en las instituciones socioeducativas.Palabras clave: Educación social. Educador social. Formación profesional.Competencias.AbstractThis article looks at the courses offered at two higher-education institutions fortraining social educators in the autonomous region of Catalonia, Spain. In recentyears, due to new forms of social exclusion, the escalation of inequality andincreasing globalization, there is a more intense debate on the profession of thesocial educator, their competences, roles and, at the same time, on the need torethink their training. This work is part of a larger project on the subject and pre-sents a bibliographical review based on the Spanish academic context, along witha description of the training proposals of the Social Education careers withintwo Catalan universities: University of Barcelona and Autonomous University ofBarcelona. The results show the importance of combining the training processoffered to social educators in the university context with the real needs of thesocio-educational institutions where they will practice their profession.Keywords: Social education. Social educator. Professional training. Competencies.

Injuries of Class: Mass Education and the American Campus Novel

PMLA ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 130 (2) ◽  
pp. 284-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Findeisen
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Inequality ◽  
Historical Development ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Mass Education ◽  
Mass Higher Education ◽  
The Social ◽  
American Campus ◽  
American Society ◽  
The University

Although many believe that “mass higher education” increased opportunity and egalitarianism in postwar American society, the reality has been quite different. While a greater proportion of students are enrolled in higher-educational institutions now than at any other point in history, economic inequality is at an all-time high. Postwar American campus novels largely misunderstand this historical development. While the genre represents the university as an institution that combats social inequality by expanding enrollment, these novels simultaneously obscure the social inequality that the university cannot combat and instead helps to legitimate. The symbolic work of American campus novels has thus been to imagine a system that stages social conflicts between the deserving and the elite when in fact the postwar meritocracy has made the two categories functionally indistinguishable.

scholarly journals The university libraries in the social network VKontakte: The administrator’s experience

2019 ◽  
pp. 41-50
Author(s):  
A. Kostitsina
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Communication Channel ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
University Libraries ◽  
The Social ◽  
General Statistical ◽  
Group Success ◽  
The University

The social media have become part and parcel of the modern society, as they are a social communication channel. Using social networks for connecting to potential users have been increasingly important for the libraries. The libraries have been setting up groups and accounts in the social media to connect to their users, to draw attention to their work and to widen its scope. The university libraries, like many other libraries of educational institutions, participate in the process. The author analyzes the experience of Perm State Humanitarian Pedagogical University with VKontakte network subscribers group in 2013-2018. The general statistical data characterize group evolution during the selected period; dynamics of views, and the viral coverage and subscribers group coverage are provided. The author examines the administration mistakes that result in the loss of subscribers; she reviews the experience of attracting users, and rules for content presentation. She concludes that group success is determined by interesting and quality content relevant to the group aims and tasks; that the librarian in charge must be familiar with the principles of social group administering and content generation in accordance with the library’s goals and tasks.

scholarly journals Social work placements

2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-12
Author(s):  
Janine Buck
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Student Experiences ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Work Skills ◽  
The Social ◽  
Practice Teaching ◽  
Site Supervisors ◽  
Part Time ◽  
The University

This article is a reflective account of my student experiences of practice teaching whilst on placements during the Social Work Degree. I consider what and how my Practice Teachers and on-site supervisors have been able to teach me about Social Work and Social Work skills and what I have learnt about myself as a person and future practitioner. I look at what, I believe makes a good Practice teacher and how different styles of teaching have enhanced my learning. I reflect on the benefits, under the new degree, of increased days on placement and how this has helped me in applying theory, methods and models which are not always easy in the classroom.At the time of completing this article I am three quarters of the way through my last placement of 100 days. I am undertaking my Social Work degree at the University of Northampton, which has a full time degree course of three years and a part time route taking four years. I am due to graduate with a B.A Honours degree in Social Work in July 2007.

Maintaining Currency and Staying at the Cutting Edge of the Profession

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesa H. Kreiner ◽  
David J. Miles
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
California State University ◽  
Recent Survey ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
State University ◽  
Engineering Program ◽  
Professional Societies ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Continued Education ◽  
The Face

Educators and employers have traditionally worked together to identify engineering skills which require ongoing updating and upgrading in order to avoid obsolescence. That, along with the need to work successfully in multidisciplinary environments, has become increasingly critical in staying competitive in the face of rapidly changing technology and current trends toward outsourcing of engineering jobs. Mechanical engineers, specifically, are continuously confronted with the requirement to maintain proficiency in CAD and FEA tools, evolving multiplicity of design materials and fabrication processes and increased sophistication of design components. Another aspect of a successful engineer entails the ability to communicate with both engineers and non-engineers who frequently are in positions to approve or cancel projects which may affect success and/or survival of the company where engineers work. A recent survey was conducted of engineering alumni of the mechanical engineering program at California State University, Fullerton spanning a period of close to four decades to assess if and how these graduates managed to stay current and the degree of success achieved in this continuing endeavor. The survey evaluated ways and means of these efforts and the employers’ attitudes and support, or lack thereof, towards such efforts. Also the surveys examined alumni experiences of working in multidisciplinary and multinational teams. Relationships between continued education and success in pursuit of the career of alumni were examined. Implications of these findings to engineers, academic institutions and industry were discussed with particular interest in the roles that educational institutions and professional societies play in the career of engineers.

Efforts in Maintaining Currency in Engineering and Avoiding Obsolescence

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Miles ◽  
Jesa H. Kreiner
Keyword(s):  
Community Service ◽  
California State University ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
State University ◽  
Ability To Work ◽  
Professional Societies ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Continued Education ◽  
Service Relationships ◽  
The Face

Updating ones professional skills, continuing education and the ability to work successfully in multidisciplinary environments have become increasingly critical to staying competitive in the face of rapid advances in technology and the current trends toward outsourcing of engineering jobs. Mechanical engineers, specifically, are continuously confronted with staying current with proficiency in CAD and FEA tools, evolving multiplicity of design materials and increased sophistication of design components, as are their capabilities in communicating with both engineers and non-engineers. A survey conducted of engineering alumni of the California State University, Fullerton indicates how its graduates pursue the complex task of staying current and the degree of successes achieved in this never ending endeavor. The survey evaluated ways and means of these efforts and the employers’ attitudes and support, or lack thereof, towards such efforts, experiences of working in multidisciplinary and multi national teams and attitudes towards community service. Relationships between continued education and career are examined. Implications of the findings to engineers, education and industry are discussed. Roles that educational institutions and professional societies play in this process are carefully examined and discussed.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND ACCELERATION MECHANISMS AS A DEVELOPMENT DIRECTION OF BUSINESS THINKING OF YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 255-270
Author(s):  
E.N. GERASIKOVA ◽  
◽  
N.A. SOLOVYOVA ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Organization Management ◽  
Project Method ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Initiatives ◽  
Acceleration Programs ◽  
The University ◽  
Young Entrepreneurs

The purpose is on the example of the results of the study of the formation of the components of business thinking among students of the Kaluga branch of RANEPA, systematically engaged in project activities, involved by the university in the work of the All-Russian accelerator of social initiatives RAISE, to show the effects of introducing the project method into the educational process, the dynamics of the development of business thinking of young entrepreneurs. Research methodology: the practice, current trends and prospects for the development of acceleration programs in Russia and abroad are studied. The social effects of the introduction of project management and acceleration mechanisms for supporting young entrepreneurs' initiatives into the educational process are revealed, the analysis of the level of formation of the components of business thinking (entrepreneurial thinking) of 3-4-year students studying in the direction of training "Organization Management" participating in the All-Russian accelerator is carried out social initiatives of RAISE for at least a year, included in the implementation of social projects using an entrepreneurial approach. As a result, the main expectations of startups for the structure and content of modern acceleration programs are determined. The positive dynamics of the development of cognitive, operational, value-semantic components of the business thinking of students who implement social projects using an entrepreneurial approach through participation in the All-Russian accelerator of social initiatives RAISE are noted.

scholarly journals Diversity as an Orientalist Discourse

2007 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-57
Author(s):  
Mariela Nuñez-Janes
Keyword(s):  
Civil Rights ◽  
College Campuses ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Student Body ◽  
Administrative Positions ◽  
University Of Wisconsin ◽  
Diverse Student Body ◽  
Diverse Student ◽  
The Face ◽  
The University

The goal of promoting diversity is deep-rooted in the post-civil rights activities of U.S. educational institutions. Universities across the country attempt to foster diversity by seeking a diverse student body, creating initiatives that promote diversity, institutionalizing committees and administrative positions with the sole purpose of overseeing diversity, and implementing curricular strategies to support academic diversity. The pursuit of diversity is so integral to the survival and attractiveness of college campuses that some universities even lie in order to appear diverse to potential students and public supporters. Such was the case of the University of Wisconsin, Madison whose officials digitally inserted the face of a black student into an image of white football fans in order to portray a diverse picture of the university's student body. Etemonstrating that diversity is valued is a staple of any academically competitive US university.

scholarly journals Progenitores del Vídeo. El Arte del Vídeo ante los Fantasmas de su Historia Familiar

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 227
Author(s):  
Arturo Rodríguez
Keyword(s):  
Video Art ◽  
Video Production ◽  
Artistic Creation ◽  
Avant Garde ◽  
Social Sphere ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Face ◽  
The One ◽  
The University ◽  
The Way

From the very beginning, museums and the audiovisual industry of television have nurtured the institutionalization process of video in the art domain.On the one hand, the influx of museums has been paramount when it comes to legitimating avant-garde discourses. However, they always showed misgivings in the face of certain practices supported on technology reproduction or “outlying” its coded space along the lines put forward by the video produced by artists.On the other hand, the domain of artistic creation, inasmuch as it belongs in the social sphere, has not been able to stay away of television’s influx and its powerful information, iconic and linguistic flow, just in the same way as contemporary creation has influenced the phenomenon of television.The paper “Coming to the terms with the frightful parent: video art and television” produced by John Wyver, historian and TV producer, as well as professor at the University of Westminster, provides the basis to study the way in which cultural criticism in the eighties exerted an influence in the development of the links between video art and television. This interaction in the form of some sort of domestic tension paved the way for the institutionalization of video production in the terms acknowledged nowadays.

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