Teaching and Learning Practices for Academic Freedom (Innovations in Higher Education Teaching and Learning, 34) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1800434812 ISBN 13: 9781800434813

Publisher: Emerald Publishing, 2020

Synopsis

Although academic freedom in teaching and learning methods is crucial to a nation’s growth, the concept comes with numerous misnomers and is subjected to much academic debate and doubt. This volume maps out how truth and intellectual integrity remain the fundamental principle on which the foundation of a university should be laid.

Seeking to widen the frontiers of academic freedom, the authors serve up a diverse range of case studies and examples of real-life practice to encourage readers to recognize the importance of the academic freedom of faculty and students, and acknowledge this freedom as one of the main goals to be achieved by any university. Ultimately, the authors demonstrate that the autonomy to work freely remains the foremost criterion of success, that it is a pre-requisite to facilitating the advancement of knowledge and quality of research in any institution of higher education, and is to be encouraged and supported by the leadership teams within those institutions.

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About the Author

Enakshi Sengupta serves as Associate Director of the International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association, USA.

Patrick Blessinger is Chief Research Scientist of the International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association, USA.

Edition details

• Publisher: Emerald Publishing
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1800434812
• ISBN 13: 9781800434813
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 228
• Editor: Sengupta Enakshi, Blessinger Patrick