Student Engagement, Higher Education, and Social Justice
Student Engagement, Higher Education, and Social Justice Student engagement is a catch-all term, irresistible to educators and policy makers, and serving many agendas and purposes. It sets out a…
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Student Engagement, Higher Education, and Social Justice
Student engagement is a catch-all term, irresistible to educators and policy makers, and serving many agendas and purposes. It sets out a compelling argument for student engagement to promote social justice and to repel neoliberalism in, and through, higher education, addressing three key questions:Student engagement in what?Student engagement for what?Student engagement for whom?The answers draw on Habermas, Honneth, Gramsci, Foucault, and Giroux in examining ideology, power, recognition, resistance, and student engagement, with examples drawn from across the world. This ground-breaking book provides a powerful theory of student engagement, rooted in critical theory and social justice.
It sets out key features, limitations, and failures of neoliberalism in higher education, and indicates how student engagement can resist it. Student