A century ago, universities were primarily in the business of molding upper-class young men for the professions. The world has changed, and universities have been forced to keep pace by experimenting with affirmative action, curriculum overhauls, part-time degree programs, and the like. But at the core of the modern university establishment is an ingrained academic culture that has operated in the same ways for centuries, contends Robert Ibarra, and in Beyond Affirmative Action, he calls for a complete paradigm shift. Why does academic culture, he asks, emphasize individual achievement...
A century ago, universities were primarily in the business of molding upper-class young men for the professions. The world has changed, and univers...
This work calls for a paradigm shift in US higher education. It introduces a theory of multicontextuality, which proposes that many people learn better when teachers emphasize whole systems of knowledge, and that education should offer and accept many approaches to teaching and learning.
This work calls for a paradigm shift in US higher education. It introduces a theory of multicontextuality, which proposes that many people learn bette...
