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Character Education for the Public Good: The Evolution of Character Capacities in and beyond College
Rockenbach, Alyssa N. – Journal of College and Character, 2020
Higher education carries the potential to transform the troubled state of affairs--from political discord to social injustice--evident in U.S. society. Benefits to the public good can be realized to the extent that college helps students develop a framework for ethical decision making, socially responsible leadership, compassionate engagement with…
Descriptors: Values Education, College Students, Student Development, Educational Benefits
Georgia Sowerby; Tabitha Millett – International Journal of Art & Design Education, 2024
In the studio, there are routines and rituals to be observed. One of those is making gesso. The quantities change each time and the ingredients vary, but the mechanical process remains the same: soak rabbit skin glue for 3 hours, double burner melt the glue, sieve in champagne chalk whiting, stir slowly, and tap the sides to remove air bubbles.…
Descriptors: Secondary School Curriculum, Secondary School Students, Secondary School Teachers, Art Education
Paul, L. A.; Quiggin, John – Educational Theory, 2020
Universities aspire to offer students a transformative experience, but rarely spell out the nature of this transformation. In this essay, L. A. Paul and John Quiggin frame the successful university education as transformative in the philosophical sense. They explain the way that a successful college education can be understood as generating an…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Higher Education, Universities, Role of Education
Slimbach, Richard – Stylus Publishing LLC, 2020
This is a visionary, consciousness-raising book that asks us to rethink the purposes and design of study away and study abroad experiences in the context of a broadened set of global threats, including climate disruption, soaring inequality, ecosystem breakdown, the dying off of distinct languages and cultural communities, and the threat of a…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Sustainable Development, Consciousness Raising, Study Abroad
Saudelli, Mary Gene; Niemczyk, Ewelina Kinga – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2020
This is a longitudinal self-study of a mentoring relationship that emerged and evolved between a graduate research assistant and a professor over seven academic years. We use social exchange theory to explore the evolution of this relationship. Specifically, our focus is a series of nine revealing moments that demonstrate evident learning, a…
Descriptors: Mentors, Teacher Student Relationship, Graduate Students, Research Assistants
Taylor, Kari B.; Baker, Amanda R. – Journal of College Student Development, 2019
Scholars and practitioners alike often assume that discomfort is a necessary and productive aspect of the college experience. We used a range of theories grounded in the concept of dissonance to question these assumptions and critically analyze the role of discomfort in collegiate learning and development for today's diverse college student…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Development, Psychological Patterns, Role
Bamber, Philip M. – Routledge Research in International and Comparative Education, 2016
Transformative learning is a compelling approach to learning that is becoming increasingly popular in a diverse range of educational settings and encounters. This book reconceptualises transformative learning through an investigation of the learning process and outcomes of International Service-Learning (ISL), a pedagogical approach that blends…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, International Education, Service Learning, Ethics
Serekoane, Motsaathebe – Athens Journal of Education, 2016
The principle of dialogue is the innovative teaching and learning practices with a transformative agenda. This paper argues that through dialogue lecturers can stimulate students to think and argue for themselves, rather than defer to tradition and authority. However, the context that is conducive for dialogic education, especially in a country…
Descriptors: Dialogs (Language), Lecture Method, Persuasive Discourse, Transformative Learning
Newell, Ted – Journal of General Education, 2012
Emile Durkheim, the sociologist and education professor, said that the personality developed by a form of literary study was contrary to genuinely Christian character. Provoked by this insight, the author explores whether a Christian university's reliance on classical liberal arts education might be working against its desires for the character of…
Descriptors: Liberal Arts, Role of Education, Transformative Learning, Christianity
Mercer, Jenny – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2007
A common outcome of entering post-compulsory education as a mature aged learner appears to be development and growth of the self. However, this is often only viewed as an outcome or considered an added benefit, rather than an integral part of the academic process itself. This paper explores the relationship between academic growth and personal…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Educational Development, Higher Education, Older Adults