"Insane with Courage": Free University Experiments and the Struggle for Higher Education in Historical Perspective

Autor/in	Amsler, Sarah
Titel	"Insane with Courage": Free University Experiments and the Struggle for Higher Education in Historical Perspective
Quelle	In: Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences, 10 (2017) 1, S.5-23 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1755-2273
DOI	10.3167/latiss.2017.100102
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Experimental Colleges; Educational Experiments; Institutional Autonomy; Educational Change; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Schulversuch; Institutionelle Autonomie; Bildungsreform; Großbritannien
Abstract	This article considers the role of experiments in learning in movements to democratise higher education "under the rule of capital" (Gutierrez, Navarro and Linsalata 2017). It focuses on the emergence of a new generation of "free universities" in the United Kingdom, situating these in a historical tradition of educational experimentation and a current context of global movements for autonomy from the state, capital and dominating epistemologies. It argues that free universities can contribute to transforming the relationship between knowledge, university and society, but that these contributions are often invisible within the logic of the dominant institutional systems. Conceptualising the projects as struggles for autonomy renders these contributions visible and valuable for educational reformers working both within and independently of the university. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01