At dinner last night, a dear friend who has read The New Education: How to Revolutionize the University to Prepare Students for a World in Flux, said, “I loved the book–but it really didn’t tell me how to teach Martin Heidegger tomorrow.” He’s right. And that’s intentional. I want each prof to be inspired by … Seven Easy, Successful Ways To Use #NewEducation: Or, How To Teach Heidegger
Watch a video of Cathy N. Davidson’s recent talk at Duke University about “The New Education” in conversation with Vice Provost for Interdisciplinary Studies Ed Balleisen.
Former Spelman president says we must teach college students to open up about bias. “Beverly Daniel Tatum is president emerita of Spelman College. She is directing a new Diversity, Civility and the Liberal Arts Institute for the Council of Independent Colleges, an association of private colleges and universities throughout the country. The institute will take place in June in … CND featured in “Get Schooled”
In this post for Choice360, Cathy N. Davidson writes about how the research process prepares students for the post-education experience. Read the full post here.
PEDAGOGIES OF DISSENT #NewEducation #HASTAC2017 #2017ASA Overview: This post combines two blog posts on engaged pedagogy originally published on hastac.org in June 2015 and October 2017. The first post offers classic rationales for what is called “active learning” or engaged, student-centered, or radical pedagogy. It then offers several specific methods, with details for how … Pedagogies of Dissent
Cathy Davidson writes: “We need to redesign higher education systemically and systematically, from the classroom to the board of trustees, from the fundamentals of how we teach and learn to how we measure results, award credentials, and accredit in this hyperconnected, precarious time. Students today need a new education that emphasizes creativity, collaboration, and adaptability … “A Newer Education for Our Era,” Op Ed by CND, Chronicle of Higher Education
What an honor, to have the book tour for The New Education launch in the gorgeous Trustees Room of the New York Public Library! And to make this event more meaningful: Bill Kelly, Mellon Director of Research Libraries at NYPL and President Emeritus of the Graduate Center, CUNY, introduced me and engaged in an hour-long … Launching at the NYPL
On September 26, 2017, Cathy Davidson and William P. Kelly had a conversation in the Trustees Room at the New York Public Library about the future of higher education and Davidson’s new book The New Education. View the NYPL video archive of the event here.
Cathy Davidson writes: “Is there any topic more deadly-dull than educational technology? Or any topic that universities are more apt to get wrong? Fueling the $250 billion annual global spending in educational technology is the truism that students today need ‘digital literacy.’ They certainly do. However, almost all colleges and universities need to rethink what … “Revolutionizing the University for the World We Live in Now” by CND, Author in Residence, Higher Ed Jobs
In a recent episode of Spark, “Reimagining the classroom, the university, and the trades,” CBC Radio aired an interview with Cathy Davidson about “The New Education.” CBC writes, “The university is out of date. That’s the view of Cathy Davidson, an English professor and the director of the Futures Initiative at the City University of New York.” … “Reimagining the University for the 21st Century” with Nora Young, CBC Radio