Populism and Higher Education Curriculum Development: Problem Based Learning as a Mitigating Response

✍ Scribed by Romeo V. Turcan, John E. Reilly

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing;Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 459
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Against a background of increasing inequality and a rising tide of nationalism and populism, this book raises concerns that curriculum is being shaped by powerful non-academic, non-accountable forces and that populism – and its manifestations – represent a grave challenge to learning. It explores the extent to which curriculum and learning methods in higher education should respond to this challenge. Using problem based learning as a case study it draws on crossdisciplinary studies to examine how regional, national and organizational perspectives emphasize different aspects of PBL. It questions whether PBL provides an effective response to external influences and a ‘populist’ highereducation agenda. In conclusion the book poses an uncomfortable question whether graduates reflect the external forces shaping curriculum and hence may be as vulnerable to populist rhetoric as non-graduates precisely because the curriculum and learning methods do not engage with the challenges. This book will appeal to scholars of problem based learning, as well as populism and therole of higher education in society.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xxxvi
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
Politics and Curriculum Content in a Global Perspective: Addressing the Populism Tsunami (John E. Reilly, Romeo V. Turcan)....Pages 3-40
Front Matter ....Pages 41-41
Making Sense of Emerging Populist Agendas (Peter Scott)....Pages 43-69
Challenges for the University: Recovering Authentic Liberal Culture During Ascendant and Populist Neoliberalism (Nikhilesh Dholakia, A. Fuat Fırat, Aras Ozgun, Deniz Atik)....Pages 71-95
The Origins of the Current ‘Crisis’ Facing British Universities: Ideology or Incrementalism (John Baldock)....Pages 97-113
The Paradox of Democracy (Samuel Rachlin)....Pages 115-145
Modern Border Security (Rt Hon Bruce George, OBE)....Pages 147-158
Front Matter ....Pages 159-159
Management, Philosophy and Consciousness in the Shaping of Problem-Based Learning (Michael Fast, Woodrow W. Clark II)....Pages 161-181
Is University Management Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution for Problem-Based Learning Development and Critical Thinking? (Birgitte Gregersen)....Pages 183-203
The Socially Engaged University: The Complexities of Business Relations Under the New Political Paradigm (Olav Jull Sørensen)....Pages 205-242
Stakeholder Politics and PBL Curriculum: A Learner’s Perspective (Maria Kriegsbaum, Bernadett Deák)....Pages 243-264
Internships: Meeting Stakeholder Demand for Vocational Curriculum? Benefits and Costs of PBL-Based Practice Learning (Jesper Lindgaard Christensen)....Pages 265-289
Front Matter ....Pages 291-291
PBL: A Teaching and Learning Concept Is Facing Artificial Intelligence (Ralph Dreher, Gesine Haseloff)....Pages 293-311
PBL and Social Inclusion (Sofia Daskou, Nikolaos Tzokas)....Pages 313-345
Establishing a Link Between Meaning and Success Via PBL: Rethinking Entrepreneurship and Communication (Kim Malmbak Møller, Mads Lauridsen, Jeppe Spedtsberg)....Pages 347-367
Storytelling Sustainability in Problem-Based Learning (Kenneth Mølbjerg Jørgensen, David M. Boje)....Pages 369-391
Liquid Times – Newness and Uncertainty: An Innovative AAU PBL Response (Romeo V. Turcan)....Pages 393-420
Front Matter ....Pages 421-421
In My End Is My Beginning (John E. Reilly, Romeo V. Turcan)....Pages 423-441
Back Matter ....Pages 443-446

✦ Subjects

Education; Educational Policy and Politics; Curriculum Studies; Higher Education