Rethinking Liberal Education
Liberal education has always had its share of theorists, believers, and detractors, both inside and outside the academy. The best of these have been responsible for the development of the concept, and of its changing tradition. Drawn from a symposium jointly sponsored by the Educational Leadership program and the American Council of Learned Societies, this work looks at the requirements of liberal education for the next century and the strategies for getting there. With contributions from Leon …
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- Full title :Rethinking Liberal Education.
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Liberal education has always had its share of theorists, believers, and detractors, both inside and outside the academy. The best of these have been responsible for the development of the concept, and of its changing tradition. Drawn from a symposium jointly sponsored by the Educational Leadership program and the American Council of Learned Societies, this work looks at the requirements of liberal education for the next century and the strategies for getting there. With contributions from Leon Botstein, Ernest Boyer, Howard Gardner, Stanley Katz, Bruce Kimball, Peter Lyman, Susan Resneck Pierc.
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- Publication Date:1996.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1996.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (177 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781602560550, 1602560552, 0195097726, 9780195097726, 9786610451395, 6610451397, 1280451394, 9781280451393, 1423734424, 9781423734420, 0195356993, 9780195356991
- oclc:ocn475957022
- LC Classification:LC1011 .R45 1996eb
- Dewey Decimal:370.112
Table of Contents
Contents; Contributors; 1. Introduction; 2. A Historical Perspective; 3. The Importance of Mission; 4. Some Thoughts on Curriculum and Change; 5. The Search for American Liberal Education; 6. Restructuring for the Twenty-First Century; 7. The Years before College; 8. Technology and Computer Literacy; 9. Constraints and Opportunities; 10. The Student as Scholar; Appendix: Conference Statement; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.
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