Realizing general education : reconsidering conceptions and renewing practice / Cynthia A. Wells.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wells, Cynthia A., author.

Series:

ASHE higher education report ; Volume 42, Number 2.

ASHE Higher Education Report, 1554-6306 ; Volume 42, Number 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

General education--United States.

General education.

Education, Higher--United States.

Education, Higher.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (112 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley Periodicals, Inc., 2016.

Summary:

General education is widely touted as an enduring distinctive of higher education, but what do we actually mean by general education? Differing perspectives not only make it challenging to consider its significance, but also open it up to a wide range of determinations regarding its effectiveness. This volume aims to sharpen understanding of the complex picture of general education by: describing how various conceptions of general education evolved historically, identifying various functions expected of general education in the contemporary context, and pointing out the educational practices that fulfill general education's aims in the current context. The conceptions of, and aspirations for, general education are consequential. This volume disentangles the divergent conceptions that hinder its renewal and considers the range of avenues for realizing its effectiveness. This is the second issue of the 42nd volume of the Jossey-Bass series ASHE Higher Education Report . Each monograph is the definitive analysis of a tough higher education issue, based on thorough research of pertinent literature and institutional experiences. Topics are identified by a national survey. Noted practitioners and scholars are then commissioned to write the reports, with experts providing critical reviews of each manuscript before publication.

Contents:

Intro

Realizing General Education: Reconsidering Conceptions and Renewing Practice

Contents

Executive Summary

Foreword

Acknowledgments

The Contextual Significance of General Education in Higher Education

General Education's Interconnection With Higher Education's Purpose

General Education and the Current Context

General Education: Many Meanings, Multiple Functions

Purpose and Organization of Monograph

History Matters: Tracing the Development of General Education

Foundations (1636-1783)

Additions and Tensions (1784-1869)

Industrialization and Mediation (1870-1939)

Rapid Growth and New Expectations (1940-1976)

Overgrowth and Struggle (1977-20055)

Historical Reflections and Insights

Contemporary Perspectives and Models

Inherited Functions

Student Learning

Communal Well-Being

Institutional Purposes for General Education

Models of General Education

Prominent Theoretical Models

Trends and Variations on the Models

Contemporary Insights

Effective General Education in the Current Context

Characteristics of Good Practice on the Whole

Institution-Specific

Intentional

Coherence

Integrative

Innovative, While Building on Strengths

Innovations in General Education

Common Text Programs

Common Curriculum

E-Portfolios

Learning Communities

Capstone Experiences

Effective General Education Course Design

Effective Practices to Support and Sustain General Education

Faculty Development

Faculty Rewards

Equipping Cocurricular Educators

Institutional Assessment and General Education

Sustaining and Renewing General Education

Closing Reflections and Recommendations

General Education: A Term of Endurance

Recommendations

Notes

References

Name Index

Subject Index

About the Author.

About the ASHE Higher Education Report Series

Call for Proposals

Recent Titles

Order Form

EULA.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 18, 2016).

ISBN:

1-119-24467-6

1-119-24466-8

OCLC:

935256250