Описание: Many in higher education fear that the humanities are facing a crisis. But even if the rhetoric about ""crisis"" is overblown, humanities departments do face increasing pressure from administrators, politicians, parents, and students. In A New Deal for the Humanities, Gordon Hutner and Feisal G. Mohamed bring together twelve prominent scholars who address the history, the present state, and the future direction of the humanities. These scholars keep the focus on public higher education, for it is in our state schools that the liberal arts are taught to the greatest numbers and where their neglect would be most damaging for the nation. The contributors offer spirited and thought-provoking debates on a diverse range of topics. For instance, they deplore the push by administrations to narrow learning into quantifiable outcomes as well as the demands of state governments for more practical, usable training. Indeed, for those who suggest that a college education should be practical - that it should lean toward the sciences and engineering, where the high-paying jobs are - this book points out that while a few nations produce as many technicians as the United States does, America is still renowned worldwide for its innovation and creativity, skills taught most effectively in the humanities. Most importantly, the essays in this collection examine ways to make the humanities even more effective, such as offering a broader array of options than the traditional major/minor scheme, options that combine a student's professional and intellectual interests, like the new medical humanities programs. A democracy can only be as energetic as the minds of its citizens, and the questions fundamental to the humanities are also fundamental to a thoughtful life. A New Deal for the Humanities takes an intrepid step in making the humanities - and our citizens - even stronger in the future.
Автор: Mulcahy, D. G. Название: The educated person : ISBN: 0742561224 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780742561229 Издательство: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Рейтинг: Цена: 8026.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Liberal education has long been a fascination for scholars in a variety of disciplines and is closely associated with the idea of the educated person. Seen at one time as a matter for colleges and universities, over the years it has become central to the debate surrounding general education in high school and even the earlier grades. Yet so many and varied are the uses of the term 'liberal education' that the question arises of whether and how the idea is any longer a useful or helpful construct. In what way might it speak helpfully to educational challenges we face today? In what ways does it still speak helpfully to educational challenges we face today? In what ways might it be a guide as we search for a better way forward? These are the central questions that are addressed in this book. In doing so, the positions of three theorists-John Henry Newman, Mortimer J. Adler, and Jane Roland Martin-who have written about liberal education in a compelling way and from different perspectives are selected for close analysis. The analysis is built upon to fashion a new ideal of the educated person and a new theory of liberal education.
Автор: Kindelan Nancy Название: Artistic Literacy ISBN: 1137445599 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137445599 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 3492.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Exploring the ways undergraduate theatre programs can play a significant role in accomplishing the aims and learning outcomes of a contemporary liberal education, Kindelan argues that theatre`s signature pedagogy helps all undergraduates become actively engaged in developing critical and value-focused skills.
Описание: This volume shows how attention to vocation promotes the civic good promised by liberal arts education. The contributors claim their own academic callings and reflect on their practices for fostering students` ability to claim their vocations.
Описание: Questions some of our most ingrained assumptions, not only about the nature of teaching and learning, but about what constitutes education, and about the cultural determinants of what is taught. Jane Fried deconstructs the Grand Western Narrative of teaching and learning, describing it is a cultural fishbowl through which we see the world, rarely aware of the fishbowl itself.
Автор: Nishimura, Mikiko. Название: Doing liberal arts education : ISBN: 9811328765 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789811328763 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 20962.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book examines and shares concrete and specific strategies and policies for doing liberal arts education in a wide range of contexts.
Автор: Rimmerman Craig A., Gearan Mark D. Название: Service-Learning and the Liberal Arts: How and Why It Works ISBN: 0739121227 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780739121221 Издательство: Bloomsbury Рейтинг: Цена: 6683.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The book evaluates service-learning within the context of a liberal arts education from a variety of disciplines. Contributors have written chapters that have practical appeal to other teachers and students interested in developing their own service-learning courses and connecting those courses to broader issues of citizenship and democracy.
Автор: Santos Michael Wayne Название: A Radical Proposal to Reinvigorate the Teaching of the Liberal Arts ISBN: 1475858094 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781475858099 Издательство: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Рейтинг: Цена: 5280.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book offers a systematic, integrated, chronological, multi-disciplinary approach to reinvigorate the teaching of the liberal arts and put them back at the center of a student`s educational experience.
Автор: Hayes, William Название: Fate of liberal arts in today`s schools and colleges ISBN: 1475817789 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781475817782 Издательство: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Рейтинг: Цена: 14362.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: It is the purpose of this book to examine the ever-changing meaning of the term "liberal arts" and to trace its development from antiquity to the present. In doing so, the text will compare and contrast the values of such an education with the other important objective of schools and colleges, which is to prepare students with appropriate occupational training. The book will highlight the arguments of both points of view. In doing so, attention will be paid to the contributions to society of those who have been exposed to a variety of educational curricula. As part of the study, the impact of the community college will be considered, along with the impact of recent initiatives such as the Nation at Risk Report, No Child Left Behind, Race to the Top, and the Common Core. Finally, the text will conclude with an attempt to suggest the direction that will determine the fate of liberal arts in schools and colleges.
Описание: This book highlights the experiences of international leaders in liberal arts and science education from around the world as they discuss regional trends and models, with a specific focus on developments in and cooperation with China. Focusing on why this model responds to the twenty-first century requirements for excellence and relevance in undergraduate education, contributors examine if it can be implemented in different contexts and across academic cultures, structures, and traditions.
Автор: Scheuer, Jeffrey Название: Inside the Liberal Arts ISBN: 1475869886 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781475869880 Издательство: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Рейтинг: Цена: 6354.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Scheuer guides us through the moral and conceptual heart of the liberal education ideal.
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