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Higher expectations : can colleges teach students what they need to know in the twenty-first century? / Derek Bok.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bok, Derek Curtis, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--United States.
- Education, Higher.
- Education, Higher--Aims and objectives.
- United States.
- Education, Higher--Curricula--United States.
- Education, Higher--Curricula.
- College teaching--United States.
- College teaching.
- Educational change--United States.
- Educational change.
- Education and globalization.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 216 pages.)
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2020]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- How our colleges and universities can respond to the changing hopes and needs of society -- In recent decades, cognitive psychologists have cast new light on human development and given colleges new possibilities for helping students acquire skills and qualities that will enhance their lives and increase their contributions to society. In this landmark book, Derek Bok explores how colleges can reap the benefits of these discoveries and create a more robust undergraduate curriculum for the twenty-first century. Prior to this century, most psychologists thought that creativity, empathy, resilience, conscientiousness, and most personality traits were largely fixed by early childhood. What researchers have now discovered is that virtually all of these qualities continue to change through early adulthood and often well beyond. Such findings suggest that educators may be able to do much more than was previously thought possible to teach students to develop these important characteristics and thereby enable them to flourish in later life. How prepared are educators to cultivate these qualities of mind and behavior? What do they need to learn to capitalize on the possibilities? Will college faculties embrace these opportunities and make the necessary changes in their curricula and teaching methods? What can be done to hasten the process of innovation and application? In providing answers to these questions, Bok identifies the hurdles to institutional change, proposes sensible reforms, and demonstrates how our colleges can help students lead more successful, productive, and meaningful lives.
- Contents:
- Introduction : an overview
- A brief history of the college curriculum from 1636 to the present
- Educating citizens
- Preparing students for an interdependent world
- Character : can colleges help students acquire higher standards of ethical behavior and personal responsibility?
- Helping students find a purposeful and meaningful life
- Improving interpersonal skills
- Improving intra-personal skills
- Unconventional methods of teaching
- Prospects for change
- Encouraging reform
- Conclusion : reflections on the future.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780691212357
- 069121235X
- Publisher Number:
- 99985351515
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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