Whither the University? Economies of Knowledge and Values, and the Challenge in 21st-Century Postsecondary Education (79403)
Session Chair: Maxime François
Saturday, 13 July 2024 16:45
Session: Session 5
Room: B08 (Basement)
Presentation Type:Oral Presentation
As Higher Education increasingly embraces the digital age, the challenges of differentiating what is most significant between the realms of information and wisdom become a keenly critical area for scholarly exploration. As technological access to information is adopted as both a means and an end in learning environments, so also does autonomy and independence in acquiring information become an 'end' in notions of education. Conversely, interdependence--a key strategy to advancing human understanding and wisdom--may appear to wane or morph into areas of artificial intelligence, socially-mediated economies of information and cultural significance, and virtual realities that democratize by producing critically un-examined ideologies and values.
Higher Education’s purpose stems from a focus on teaching people how to think wisely; therefore, understanding the root of learning as an exercise of intellectual and moral discipline, and as lived experience beyond the academy, is crucial. In examining the interfaces between independence and interdependence within human endeavor, conversations about wise acquisition and dissemination of knowledge and the relevance of information to academic discourse could be foundational to higher learning.
This presentation examines the literature of critical pedagogy (Freire, Bourdieu), the distinction between wisdom and information, the critical depth of culturally reflective knowledge, particularly in the academy (Eagleton, Giroux, Derrida), and areas of concern within technological landscapes in education (Carr, Harris, Schuurman, Christensen, Turkle, Twenge). We will investigate the role of technology in education, and assess whether it contributes to scholarly independence and interdependence in our endeavor to inform wise, educated citizens for the future.
Authors:
Linda Schwartz, Booth University College, Canada
Christina Belcher, Redeemer University, Canada
About the Presenter(s)
Dr Linda Schwartz is a Independent Scholar at Ambrose University in Canada
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