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Book SynopsisThe theme of Collective Capacity Building (CCB) is a comprehensive one, resonating with the complexity of the knowledge society. Such complexity requires contributions of a wide range of scientists, for a multidimensional understanding. Thus, philosophers, economists, educationalists, sociologists, political scientists, psychologists, scientists from Romania, Germany, Spain, Serbia, Greece, Cyprus, Latvia and Sweden have come together in Collective Capacity Building: Shaping Education and Communication in Knowledge Society. Their choice to discuss current societal challenges in different fields, in a transdisciplinary and interdisciplinary manner, illustrates how communication, education, interaction, identity, science, professionalization and others are (re)shaped nowadays. As it is increasingly evident that the challenges of a knowledge-based society are more resilient to traditional approaches and the new focus is on how to regulate new skills and capacities, the contributions propose a more stimulating reflection and dialogue on how CCB can foster progress in some of the most intricate educational, social, cultural, geopolitical and economic issues today. In light of this, the contributors have addressed the following questions: How can we define collaboration in communication and educational theory and practice? What are the tools and the rules adopted by CCB in various practical contexts? How can researchers develop their theoretical perspective on CCB after their thorough investigation of current and complex educational issues and societal challenges?
Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors Introduction: Towards Collective Capacity Building in a Transdisciplinary Perspective Simona Sava Part 1: Interdisciplinary Approaches in Collective Capacity Building 1. Science, Truth, Democracy: A Troubled Marriage? Mircea Dumitru 2. Capacity Building by Enculturation Ekkehard Nuissl 3. Cultural Heritage, Identity and Collective Capacity Building Sorin Vlad Predescu 4. Recovering Parsons through Roma’s Voices for Constructing European Societal Community Teresa Sordé, Olga Serradell, Esther Oliver and Emilia Aiello 5. Distorting the Message of Religious Symbols by Fallacious Reasoning in the Electoral Posters of Political Campaigns Gheorghe Clitan and Oana Barbu-Kleitsch 6. Political Communication on Social Media during February 2017 Protests in Romania Simona Bader 7. Learning Democracy: Beyond the Traditional Didactics Katarina Popovic, Maja Maksimovic and Aleksa Jovanovic 8. Critical Reflection in Contemporary Adult Education: An Essential Element for Personal and Collective Capacity Building George A. Koulaouzides and Theodoros Koutroukis Part 2: Collective Capacity Building in Higher Education 9. Who Are the Knowledge Producers in Higher Education? An Inquiry into the Self-Perceptions of Postdoctoral Researchers in Higher Education in Spanish Universities Georgeta Ion and Marina Tomàs-Folch 10. Nudging Generation Y towards Education for Sustainability Liliana Donath, Monica Boldea and Ana-Maria Popa 11. Capacity Building in Initial Teacher Education (ITE): Collaboration for Collective Capacity Building Irina Maslo and Mikael Cronhjort 12. Building Collective Capacity for Adult Learning in Distance Education Maria N. Gravani 13. Nurturing the Well-Being of University Students for Improved Capacity Building Ioana Darjan, Loredana Al Ghazi, Anca Lustrea, Mihai Predescu and Mariana Crasovan 14. The Normative Value of Health: Epigenetical, Bioethical and Theological Approaches to Health Education Aurora Carmen Barbat Index
