{"product_id":"acts-of-knowing-critical-pedagogy-in-against-and-beyond-the-university-paperback","title":"Acts of Knowing: Critical Pedagogy in, Against and Beyond the University - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStephen Cowden\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGurnam Singh\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis provocative book's starting point is a deep and profound concern about the commodification of knowledge within the contemporary university. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eActs of Knowing\u003c\/i\u003e aims to provide readers with a means of understanding the issues from the perspective of Critical Pedagogy; an educational philosophy which believes that 'knowing' must be freed from the constraints of the financial and managerialist logics which dominate the contemporary university. Critical Pedagogy is important for three key reasons: it conceptualises pedagogy as a process of engagement between the teacher and taught; secondly that that engagement is based on an underlying humanistic view about human worth and value; and thirdly that the 'knowing' which can come out of this engagement needs to be understood essentially as exchange between people, rather than a financial exchange. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCowden and Singh argue that the conception of education as simply a means for securing economic returns for the individual and for the society's positioning in a global marketplace, represents a fundamentally impoverished conception of education, which impoverishes not just individuals, but society as a whole.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephen Cowden\u003c\/b\u003e has taught for the last 10 years at Coventry University, UK. He has a background in political activism in Melbourne, Australia and in London, and has worked as a frontline care worker and Social Worker in the UK before entering academia. He is interested in the Critical Pedagogical tradition as a way of working specifically with students from non-traditional university backgrounds, and also as a methodology for Social Work practice. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGurnam Singh\u003c\/b\u003e is a Principal Lecturer in Social Work and Co-Director of the Applied Research Group in Social Exclusion in Social Care (SISC) at Coventry University, UK. He was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship by the Higher Education Academy in 2009. Throughout his adult life he has been active in numerous social movements whose aim has been to fight for social and economic justice.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 28, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52505671565619,"sku":"9781441105318","price":95.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/UHV2MGhQN3dHbTA3SmxtemFKMFlyUT09.webp?v=1760227097","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/acts-of-knowing-critical-pedagogy-in-against-and-beyond-the-university-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}