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Theory and Philosophy of Advising Commission Resources

For information on advising issues and resources, visit the Clearinghouse of Academic Advising Resources on the NACADA web site at the location below.

http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/Clearinghouse/AdvisingIssues/index.htm

On this web site, like topics are grouped into categories and each topic contains at least one of the following elements:

  • Resource links to Web sites applicable to the topic
  • Overview of topic written by a NACADA member knowledgeable in issue addressed
  • Annotated bibliography of articles and/or books where advisors can "read more about" the topic
  • Answers to frequently asked questions regarding the topic

Additionally, be sure to check out:


A Bibliography of Theory and Philosophy Resources

Journal articles, Books, Monographs:

Barr, R.B. & Tagg, J. (1995). From Teaching to Learning: A New Paradigm for Undergraduate Education. Change 27 (6), 12-25.


Bresler, L., Cooper, D., & Palmer, J. A., Eds. (2001). Fifty Modern Thinkers on Education: From Piaget to the Present. New York: Routledge.


Butcher, J. & Kritsonis, W. A. (2008). A national perspective: Utilizing the postmodern theoretical paradigm to close the achievement gap and increase student success in public education in America. National Forum of Educational Administration and Supervision Journal, 26 (4).

Cahn, S. M. (1996). Classic and Contemporary Readings in the Philosophy of Education. McGraw-Hill.

Champlin-Scharff, S. (2010). Advising with Understanding: Considering Hermeneutic Theory in Academic Advising. NACADA Journal, 30(1), 59-65.

Crookston, B. (1972/1994). A Developmental View of Advising as Teaching. NACADA Journal, 14(2), 5-9.

Dewey, J. (1938). Experience and Education. In J. A. Boydston ed John Dewey: The Later Works, 1925-1953. Vol 13. Carbondale , IL: Southern Illinois University Press.

Drefus, H. & Wrathall, M. Eds. (2009). A Companion to Phenomenology and Existentialism. West Sussex, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.

English, F. W. (2003). The Postmodern Challenge to the Theory and Practice of Educational Administration. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas Publisher.

Fosnot, C. T. Ed. (2005). Constructivism: Theory, Perspectives, and Practice (2nd ed). New York: Teachers College Press.

Gadamer, H. (1988). On the Circle of Understanding. In Connelly, J. and Keutner T. (eds.), Hermeneutics versus Science: Three German Views. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press.

Gallagher, S. (1992). Hermeneutics and Education. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.

Guthrie, W. K. (1971). Socrates. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Hagen, P. (1994). Academic Advising as Dialectic. NACADA Journal, 14(2), 85-88.

Hagen, P. & Jordan, P. (2008). Theoretical foundations of academic advising. In V. N. Gordon, W. R. Habley, & T. J. Grites (Eds.) Academic advising: A comprehensive handbook (2nd ed.) (pp-17-35). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Hagen, P., Kuhn, T. L., & G.M. Padak Eds. (2010). Scholarly Inquiry in Academic Advising. Manhattan, KS: NACADA Monograph.

Hemwall, M. K., & Trachte, K. C. (1999). Learning at the core: Toward a new understanding of academic advising. NACADA Journal, 19(1), 5-11.

Hemwall, M. K., & Trachte, K. C. (2005). Academic advising as learning: 10 organizing principles. NACADA Journal, 25(2), 74-83.

Jackson, R. L. (2005). Academic Advising and Philosophy. NACADA Journal, 25(2), 30-36.

Kelley, B. (2008). Significant Learning, Significant Advising. NACADA Journal, 28(1), 19-28.

Kegan, R. (1982). The Evolving Self: Problem and Process in Human Development. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Kuh, G.D. (1997). The Student Learning Agenda: Implications for Academic Advisors. NACADA Journal 17 (2), 7-12.

Laff, N.S. (1994). Reconsidering the Developmental View of Advising: Have We Come a Long Way? NACADA Journal 14 (2) 46-49.

Laff, N.S. (2006). Advising as Liberal Learning. Liberal Education, Spring 2006, 36-41.

Lear, J. (1988). Aristotle: The Desire to Understand. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Lowenstein, M. (1999, November 22). An Alternative to the Developmental Theory of Advising. The Mentor, 1(4). Retrieved January 13, 2009, from www.psu.edu/dus/mentor/991122ml.htm.

Lowenstein, M. (2000). Academic Advising and the “Logic” of the Curriculum. The Mentor, 2(2). Retrieved June 9, 2009, from http://www.psu.edu/dus/mentor/000414ml.htm.

Lowenstein, M. (2005). If Advising is Teaching, What do Advisors Teach? NACADA Journal, 25(2), 65-73.

Lowenstein, M. (2011). Academic Advising at the University of Utopia. The Mentor, September 2011. http://dus.psu.edu/mentor/2011/09/university-of-utopia/

Mittelstrass, Jurgen. (1988) On Socratic Dialogue. In Platonic Writings, Platonic Readings ed. Charles Griswold, (New York, NY: Routledge, 1988) pp. 126-142.


Muller, U., Carpendale, J. I. M., & Smith, L. Eds. (2009). The Cambridge Companion to Piaget. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Nodding, N. (2006). Philosophy of Education. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press.

Nakkula, M., & Ravitch, S. (1998). Matters of Interpretation. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Palmer, R. (1969). Hermeneutics: Interpretation Theory in Schleeiermacher, Dilthey, Heidegger, and Gadamer. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press.

Polt, R. (1999). Heidegger: An Introduction. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.

Robinson, R. A. (1995). Aristotle in Outline. Indianapolis, IN: Hackett Publishing Company.

Ross, D. (1995). Aristotle. London: Routledge.

Sarup, M. (1993). An Introductory Guide to Post-Structuralism and Postmodernism (2nd ed). Athens, GA: The University of Georgia Press.

Schulenberg, J., & Lindhorst, M. Advising is Advising: Toward Defining the Practice and Scholarship of Academic Advising. NACADA Journal 28(1), 43-53.

Schulenberg, J., & Lindhorst, M. The Historical Foundations and Scholarly Future of Academic Advising. In Hagen, P., Kuhn, T. L., & G.M. Padak Eds. (2010). Scholarly Inquiry in Academic Advising. Manhattan, KS: NACADA Monograph, 17-28.

Stowe, D. E. (1996). Postmodern view of advisement in higher education. NACADA Journal, 16(2), 16-18.

Strommer, D.W. (1994). Constructing a New Paradigm for Academic Advising. NACADA Journal 14 (2), 92-95.

Taylor, G. (1993). A Theory of Practice: Hermeneutical Understanding. Higher Education Research & Development, 12(1), 59-72.


Todd, S. (2003). Learning from the Other: Levinas, Psychoanalysis, and Ethical Possibilities in Education. Albany, NY: SUNY Press.

Wedenfeld, M. C. (2008) “Seeing and Acting: Heidegger’s Appropriation of Aristotle” presentation at MPSA April 6, 2008.


itunes U Courses:

Gordon College: Faculty Forums: Hermeneutics Beyond Realism (video track 9, audio track 6)
Stanford U, Areas of Study: Classics (tracks 2 & 4)
Stanford U, Areas of Study: Philosophy (tracks 12 and 13)
University of Oxford, Humanities: Interviews with Philosophers (track 4)
University of Oxford, Continuing Education: Philosophy for Beginners
UC Berkeley, Anthropology 114: History of Anthropological Thought
UC Berkeley, Philosophy 25A: Ancient Philosophy
UC Berkeley, Philosophy 185: Heidegger
UC Berkeley, Psychology 160: Social Psychology
UC Berkeley, Psychology 164: Social Cognition



Online Resources:

Frontline Episode: Digital Nation: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/digitalnation/

Academic Advising Definitions: http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/Clearinghouse/Research_Related/definitions.htm

Academic Advising Today: http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/AAT/index.htm

History of Education: Selected Moments: http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/research/edu20/moments/


Notebook for Contemporary Continental Theory: http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~janzb/continental/

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: http://plato.stanford.edu/

Academic Advising Blogs: a list of academic advising blogs for both students and advising professionals
http://techknowtools.pbworks.com/w/page/20240661/Academic%20Advising%20Blogs

Inside Higher Ed-Blog U: blogs covering issues within all of higher education
http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs

 

 

 

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