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

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Editors:
  1. Romeo V. Turcan

    1. Aalborg University Business School, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark

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  2. John E. Reilly

    1. Higher Education Consultant, University of Kent, Kent, UK

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  • Examines how populism affects curriculum and learning methods

  • Asks if problem based learning offers an effective response to external forces

  • Analyses problem based learning against a time of rising inequality and nationalism

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxvi
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  2. Setting the Scene

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Politics and Curriculum Content in a Global Perspective: Addressing the Populism Tsunami

      • John E. Reilly, Romeo V. Turcan
      Pages 3-40

  3. Populism in Globalized World

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 41-41
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    2. Making Sense of Emerging Populist Agendas

      • Peter Scott
      Pages 43-69

    3. 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

    4. The Origins of the Current ‘Crisis’ Facing British Universities: Ideology or Incrementalism

      • John Baldock
      Pages 97-113

    5. The Paradox of Democracy

      • Samuel Rachlin
      Pages 115-145

    6. Modern Border Security

      • Rt Hon Bruce George, OBE
      Pages 147-158

  4. Problem Based Learning as a Mitigating Response

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 159-159
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    2. Management, Philosophy and Consciousness in the Shaping of Problem-Based Learning

      • Michael Fast, Woodrow W. Clark II
      Pages 161-181

    3. 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

    4. The Socially Engaged University: The Complexities of Business Relations Under the New Political Paradigm

      • Olav Jull Sørensen
      Pages 205-242

    5. Stakeholder Politics and PBL Curriculum: A Learner’s Perspective

      • Maria Kriegsbaum, Bernadett Deák
      Pages 243-264

    6. Internships: Meeting Stakeholder Demand for Vocational Curriculum? Benefits and Costs of PBL-Based Practice Learning

      • Jesper Lindgaard Christensen
      Pages 265-289

  5. Problem-Based Learning Supporting Global Agendas

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 291-291
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    2. PBL: A Teaching and Learning Concept Is Facing Artificial Intelligence

      • Ralph Dreher, Gesine Haseloff
      Pages 293-311

    3. PBL and Social Inclusion

      • Sofia Daskou, Nikolaos Tzokas
      Pages 313-345

    4. Establishing a Link Between Meaning and Success Via PBL: Rethinking Entrepreneurship and Communication

      • Kim Malmbak Møller, Mads Lauridsen, Jeppe Spedtsberg
      Pages 347-367

    5. Storytelling Sustainability in Problem-Based Learning

      • Kenneth Mølbjerg Jørgensen, David M. Boje
      Pages 369-391
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About this book

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’ higher
education 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 the
role of higher education in society.


Reviews

"Writing in the midst of the Covid 19 pandemic, it is arresting to read a book that identifies the challenge of a totally different type of pandemic – Populism - and the threat which it poses to the academic world. This is a timely, thought provoking book precisely because it is searching for a type of academic vaccine to the undermining threats of populism, which will require wholehearted engagement to achieve."
—Professor Ilan Alon, Department of Management, University of Agder, Norway


"Turcan and Reilly have crystallised what people working in and around higher education have begun to feel. In the book, the seismic shifts affecting the top tiers of academe are laid bare and their consequences on the sector explored. The range of voices brought together in the volume lead to recommended priorities and possible pathways for those engaged in curriculum design, learning development, research, and research dissemination."
—Dr Simon Haslam, Visiting Fellow, Durham University Business School, UK


Editors and Affiliations

  • Aalborg University Business School, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark

    Romeo V. Turcan

  • Higher Education Consultant, University of Kent, Kent, UK

    John E. Reilly

About the editors

Romeo V. Turcan is Professor of International Entrepreneurship and Organization Theory at the Aalborg University Business School in Denmark. Romeo’s research interests relate to creation and legitimation of new sectors and new organizations; high impact international entrepreneurship; and cross-disciplinary theory building.  


John E. Reilly is a higher education consultant with wide European and international experience. He has written on University Autonomy and Governance;  Quality Assurance; Education Policy on Entrepreneurship; Internationalisation; Erasmus and the Bologna Process; Credit Systems in Higher Education.




Bibliographic Information

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

  • Editors: Romeo V. Turcan, John E. Reilly

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47376-1

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-47375-4Published: 22 November 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-47378-5Published: 22 November 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-47376-1Published: 21 November 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXXVI, 446

  • Number of Illustrations: 16 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Educational Policy and Politics, Curriculum Studies, Higher Education

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