Action-Research: a comment by Greg Macleod
Published in 2004, this argument defends the evolution of university curriculum in the social sciences away from the obscure and towards relevance to Canadian communities.
As McLeod says:
" Derek Bok, former president of Harvard University contends that university based science has become mainly concerned with the needs of large business rather than the needs of society. (Bok, 2003) Universities need money, and wealthy industry needs science, so it seems an irresistible marriage. On the opposite side are those who claim that the role of the university should be to seek truth and prepare young people to be responsible and democratic citizens. Is the university to serve big business or is to seek simply knowledge for its own sake? Perhaps there is room in the university for these two dimensions. However, we would like to propose a third position..."
Worth reading.
As McLeod says:
" Derek Bok, former president of Harvard University contends that university based science has become mainly concerned with the needs of large business rather than the needs of society. (Bok, 2003) Universities need money, and wealthy industry needs science, so it seems an irresistible marriage. On the opposite side are those who claim that the role of the university should be to seek truth and prepare young people to be responsible and democratic citizens. Is the university to serve big business or is to seek simply knowledge for its own sake? Perhaps there is room in the university for these two dimensions. However, we would like to propose a third position..."
Worth reading.
posted by Jason Prince at 2:05 PM
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