Towards a Philosophy of Caring in Higher Education

Yusef Waghid is a Distinguished Professor of Philosophy of Education in the Department of Education Policy Studies at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. He is a fellow of the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), executive member of the International Network of Philosophers of Education, Editor-in-Chief of the South African Journal of Higher Education; and Principal Editor of Citizenship, Teaching and Learning.

Chapter 1 Caring and Democratic Inclusion.- Chapter 2 Cultivating Practical Caring.- Chapter 3 Authentic Caring: The Quest for Authoritative Teaching and Autonomous Learning.- Chapter 4 Transactional or Pragmatic Caring: Enacting Care-giving and Care Receiving.- Chapter 5 Attentive Caring: On Coming into Presence within Pedagogical Encounters.- Chapter 6 Democratic Caring: Building Relations of Freedom, Equality and Emancipation.- Chapter 7 Empathic Caring.- Chapter 8 Towards Rhythmic Caring: Cultivating Sceptical Pedagogical Encounters.- Chapter 9 Cosmopolitan Caring: On Reflexive Loyalty to the Known and Reflexive Openness to the New.- Chapter 10 Ubuntu Caring: Cultivating Moral, Compassionate, and Restorative Justice in University Education.- Chapter 11 A Reflective Account on Dimensions of Caring: Moments of Care within Journal Editorship, Doctoral Supervision, and Deanship.- Chapter 12 Cultivating Care: Towards a Philosophy of Higher Education in Africa.- Chapter 13 Towards aRe-imagined Notion of University Education: In Defence of a Reconstituted Ethics of Care.- Chapter 14 Coda: Educational Technology, Pedagogy and Caring; Faiq Waghid and Zayd Waghid.