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Linking sustainability and spirituality: the university with a soul

Higher education institutions were intended to nurture the creative potential of individuals and assist in the development of civilization. After 1945, the number of modern universities expanded, but their original purpose changed. Universities have become more business-oriented institutions. The Fo...

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Main Authors: Abdul Razak, Dzulkifli, Moten, Abdul Rashid
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Language:English
Published: Association for Higher Education Studies 2023
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L Education (General)
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https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/hegp/issue/78714
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spelling my.iium.irep.1055192023-07-13T08:08:19Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/105519/ Linking sustainability and spirituality: the university with a soul Abdul Razak, Dzulkifli Moten, Abdul Rashid L Education (General) Higher education institutions were intended to nurture the creative potential of individuals and assist in the development of civilization. After 1945, the number of modern universities expanded, but their original purpose changed. Universities have become more business-oriented institutions. The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) has changed almost every area of human activity at an unpredictable pace, challenging old paradigms and frameworks. Society scaled back education to meet market demands, and people lost their moral and intellectual dispositions. The general focus is on developing a workforce, inventive spirit, and high-tech machinery based on innovation and technology, resulting in weak ethical standards and a dangerous lack of trust in the community. Educators need to explore new and creative approaches to educational innovation to improve future learning. The need is for an education with a soul. Educators must cultivate the dual consciousness that humanizes technology through bold visions of moderation. They should help students develop a higher sense of purpose. Knowledge must be viewed from a new perspective. Knowledge must be wholesome or holistic, inclusive, sustainable and equitable in the sense that everyone has access to this special knowledge and can develop a sense of mercy, compassion and benevolence. In sum, the education system should be world-wide, inclusive, sustainable, and show mercy to all Association for Higher Education Studies 2023-07-05 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/105519/2/105519_Linking%20sustainability%20and%20spirituality.pdf Abdul Razak, Dzulkifli and Moten, Abdul Rashid (2023) Linking sustainability and spirituality: the university with a soul. Higher Education Governance and Policy, 4 (1). pp. 38-48. ISSN 2717-8676 https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/hegp/issue/78714 https://doi.org/10.55993/hegp.1291090
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Linking sustainability and spirituality: the university with a soul
description Higher education institutions were intended to nurture the creative potential of individuals and assist in the development of civilization. After 1945, the number of modern universities expanded, but their original purpose changed. Universities have become more business-oriented institutions. The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) has changed almost every area of human activity at an unpredictable pace, challenging old paradigms and frameworks. Society scaled back education to meet market demands, and people lost their moral and intellectual dispositions. The general focus is on developing a workforce, inventive spirit, and high-tech machinery based on innovation and technology, resulting in weak ethical standards and a dangerous lack of trust in the community. Educators need to explore new and creative approaches to educational innovation to improve future learning. The need is for an education with a soul. Educators must cultivate the dual consciousness that humanizes technology through bold visions of moderation. They should help students develop a higher sense of purpose. Knowledge must be viewed from a new perspective. Knowledge must be wholesome or holistic, inclusive, sustainable and equitable in the sense that everyone has access to this special knowledge and can develop a sense of mercy, compassion and benevolence. In sum, the education system should be world-wide, inclusive, sustainable, and show mercy to all
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title Linking sustainability and spirituality: the university with a soul
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publisher Association for Higher Education Studies
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