Curating the European University: Exposition and Public Debate: 45 (Studia Paedagogica, 45) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9058678741 ISBN 13: 9789058678744

Publisher: Leuven University Press, 2011

Synopsis

The university is an institution that goes back to the Middle Ages. As universitas magistrorum et scholarium the university was a community of scholars and students gathered around books and preoccupied with study and the search for truth. But what is the role of the university today? The meaning of teaching, study, and research has changed. Screens are replacing books, online learning environments are replacing lecture halls, and students are becoming learners. In the context of a growing emphasis on innovation and development, competition among institutions, and the privatisation of knowledge, the role of communities of scholars and students is changing. Some argue that the university is entering a new phase, others claim that we face the end of the university. To address these issues a conference was organized with an exposition of projects involving new ways of publishing, alternative organizations of departments, proposals for open access and open source, and university architecture and accessibility. Each of the contributors reflects, from their exhibited project, on the challenges the university is facing today. More than a catalogue of different projects, Curating the European University offers a unique contribution to the public debate on the role of the university.

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About the Authors

Maarten Simons is Professor at the Laboratory for Education and Society and the Center for Educational Policy and Innovation, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.

Mathias Decuypere is a doctoral student at the Laboratory for Education and Society, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.

Joris Vlieghe teaches ethics and philosophy of education at Liverpool Hope University.

Jan Masschelein is gewoon hoogleraar wijsgerige pedagogiek, verbonden aan het Laboratorium voor Educatie en Samenleving van de KU Leuven.

From the Back Cover

The university is an institution invented during the Middle Ages. As universitas magistrorum et scholarium the university was a specific community or association of scholars and students gathered around books and preoccupied with study and the search for truth. But what is the role of the university today? The meaning of teaching, study and research has changed with books being replaced by screens, with online learning environments replacing lecture halls and students becoming learners. In the light of a growing emphasis on innova-tion and development, competitiveness between institutions and the privatisation of knowledge, the role of communities of scholars and students is clearly changing. Some argue that the university enters a new phase, while others claim that we actually face the end of the age of the university. In order to address these issues, a conference was organized around an exposition of projects that present new ways of publishing, an alternative organization of a department, initiatives related to open access and open source, university architecture and accessibility ... Taking as a point of departure their exhibited pro-ject, each of the contributors to 'Curating the European University' reflects on the current challenges the university is facing today with a specific focus on its public role. The book, being at the same time a catalogue, includes textual and graphic descriptions of different projects, and offers a unique contribution to the public debate on the role of the university. The untrimmed pages of this book are intentional and part of the design.

Edition details

• Publisher: Leuven University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9058678741
• ISBN 13: 9789058678744
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208
• Editor: Simons Maarten, Decuypere Mathias, Vlieghe Joris, Masschelein Jan