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Teacher in America / Jacques Barzun.
LIBRA LB2331 .B374 1981
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barzun, Jacques, 1907-2012.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- College teaching.
- Education, Higher--United States.
- Education, Higher.
- United States.
- United States--Intellectual life.
- Intellectual life.
- Physical Description:
- xxv, 464 pages : portrait ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Indianapolis : Liberty Press, 1981.
- Summary:
- "The old plan and purpose of teaching the young what they truly need to know survives only in the private sector."--Jacques BarzunWith his customary wit and grace, Dr. Barzun contrasts the ritual of education with the lost art of teaching. Twenty-one chapters deal with three major issues: the practice of teaching, the subject matter to be taught, and the institutional and cultural aspects of teaching.Jacques Barzun is a renowned scholar, teacher, and author who lectures widely since his retirement in 1993.
- Notes:
- Reprint of the 1954 ed. published by Doubleday, Garden City, N.Y.; with new pref.
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: pages [451]-453.
- ISBN:
- 0913966789 :
- OCLC:
- 7177001
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