Full Description
University has changed dramatically over the last decades. From the spirit of Humboldt, that science in itself is the greatest motivator to study and do research, we experience a shift towards neoliberalism. Studying became part of something one needs to do to compete on a competitive job market. Research gets more and more influenced by interests of those financing research funds. Digitalization changed the way people interact in a university setting.
This book shows different views regarding university: from being a student, becoming an alumnus and then maybe a teacher, challenging views on grading and exams, to problematic patriarchal structures and problems with creating a new study program. Students, alumni, researcher, and lecturers were invited to join this volume and give unique insights into (post-) university life.
Contents
Series Editor Preface — Higher Education Under Social Stress: Pathways to Innovation; Jaan Valsiner.
Commentary—University, the Public Intellectual, and the Art of Conversation; Waldomiro J. Silva Filho, Maria Virginia Machado Dazzani, and Giuseppina Marsico.
Introduction: The Owl of Minerva; Lisa-Marie Geberth and Lisa-Teresa Woller.
Part I: University And Her Discourse.
Chapter 1. Psychology in the Conflict of the Faculties: On the Past and Present of German Psychology Between Academic Freedom and Professionalization; Martin Wieser.
Chapter 2. Patriarchal Structures in Neoliberal University Discourse: Gender Segregation; Lisa-Teresa Woller.
Chapter 3. Negotiating Institutional Autonomy: The Accreditation Process Analyzed; Gerhard Benetka and Dominik S. Mihalits.
Part II: University From Different Angles.
Chapter 4. Between Freedom of Choice and Normative Demands: Students' Perspectives; Johanna Nitsche, Vanessa Payr, and Céline-Sophie Röde.
Chapter 5. The Importance to Be Transformational; Daniel Furtner, Sajita Setia, and Michelle Tichy.
Chapter 6. Value of Degrees: A Need for a New Way of Looking at Higher Education; Enrica Gaetano.
Chapter 7. Students' Identity Formation: Becoming Alumni; Natalie Jancosek.
Chapter 8. From Theory to Practice: Transition From University to Work; Maria Gren.
Part III: University And Grading.
Chapter 9. From Examinations as Strategic Communication Arenas to a Critical Reworking of Knowledge; Greta Riboli.
Chapter 10. Grades as Signs: Knowledge Demonstration and Currency Construction; Alessia Offredi and Federico Guiati.
Part IV: University And The New Creative Practice.
Chapter 11. Academic Socialization in the Age of Wi-Fi? On the Affective Ambivalences of E-Teaching and E-Learning; Natalie Rodax and Dominik S. Mihalits.
Chapter 12. Playful Encounters With Problematic Paradoxes in Problem-Based Project Work: An Impressionist Expeculation in Three Parts; Kathrine Liedtke Thorndahl, Candace Kuby, Patrik Kjærsdam Telléus, and Diana Stentoft.
Conclusion: The Disenchantment of University; Lisa-Marie Geberth and Lisa-Teresa Woller.
About the Authors.
