Rethinking liberal education / edited by Nicholas H. Farnham and Adam Yarmolinsky.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Farnham, Nicholas H., editor.

Yarmolinsky, Adam, editor.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Humanistic--United States--Congresses.

Education, Humanistic.

Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--United States--Congresses.

Education, Higher.

Education, Higher--Curricula--United States--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (177 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2020.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 21st century and the strategies for getting there.

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

Notes:

Papers presented at a symposium held at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 1994.

Previously issued in print: 1996.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-756086-5

1-280-45139-4

1-4237-3442-4

0-19-535699-3

1-60256-055-2

OCLC:

475957022