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Library Resources Filtered by Author: "Lee Benson"

Total number of Library Resources: 9

Dewey's Dream: Universities and Democracies in an Age of Education Reform (2007)

In this book the authors use illustrations from over 20 years of experience working with public schools in the University of...
Building Franklin's Truly Democratic, Engaged University: Twenty Years of Practice at the University of Pennsylvania (2006)

Benjamin Franklin founded the University of Pennsylvania as a secular institution with the pragmatic aim of instilling in its...
Higher Education's Third Revolution: The Emergence of the Democratic Cosmopolitan Civic University (2000)

In this article, the authors argue that American higher education is in the early stages of a third revolution that is leading...

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Implementation Revolution as a Strategy for Fulfilling the Democratic Promise of University-Community Partnerships: Penn-West Philadelphia as an Experiment in Progress, (An) (2000)

In this article, the authors argue that the academic-practitioner divide is largely a product of the Platonic false dualism...

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Higher Education's Third Revolution: The Emergence of the Democratic Cosmopolitan Civic University (2000)

In this article, the authors argue that American higher education is in the early stages of a third revolution that is leading...

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De-Platonizing and Democratizing Education as the Bases of Service Learning (1998)

This chapter discusses the theoretical bases of academic service learning, with special attention to John Dewey's contributions...
Universities and Community Schools (Vol. 5, No. 1/2, Fall/Win) (1997)

The periodical of the Center for Community Partnerships; University of Pennsylvania seeks to establish an international network...
De-Platonization and Democratization of Education as the Basis of Service Learning (1997)

Examines the theoretical bases of academic service-learning, with particular attention to John Dewey's contributions....
Communal Participatory Action Research as a Strategy for Improving Universities and the Social Sciences: Penn's Work with the West Philadelphia Improvement Corps as a Case Study (1996)

As the 20th Century closes, a key question is: What can the social sciences do to help solve the problems of our society and...