Liberal Education Today
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In Defense Of A Liberal Education
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Author : Fareed Zakaria
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 2015-03-30
In Defense Of A Liberal Education written by Fareed Zakaria and has been published by W. W. Norton & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-30 with Education categories.
CNN host and best-selling author Fareed Zakaria argues for a renewed commitment to the world’s most valuable educational tradition. The liberal arts are under attack. The governors of Florida, Texas, and North Carolina have all pledged that they will not spend taxpayer money subsidizing the liberal arts, and they seem to have an unlikely ally in President Obama. While at a General Electric plant in early 2014, Obama remarked, "I promise you, folks can make a lot more, potentially, with skilled manufacturing or the trades than they might with an art history degree." These messages are hitting home: majors like English and history, once very popular and highly respected, are in steep decline. "I get it," writes Fareed Zakaria, recalling the atmosphere in India where he grew up, which was even more obsessed with getting a skills-based education. However, the CNN host and best-selling author explains why this widely held view is mistaken and shortsighted. Zakaria eloquently expounds on the virtues of a liberal arts education—how to write clearly, how to express yourself convincingly, and how to think analytically. He turns our leaders' vocational argument on its head. American routine manufacturing jobs continue to get automated or outsourced, and specific vocational knowledge is often outdated within a few years. Engineering is a great profession, but key value-added skills you will also need are creativity, lateral thinking, design, communication, storytelling, and, more than anything, the ability to continually learn and enjoy learning—precisely the gifts of a liberal education. Zakaria argues that technology is transforming education, opening up access to the best courses and classes in a vast variety of subjects for millions around the world. We are at the dawn of the greatest expansion of the idea of a liberal education in human history.
Liberal Education And Value Relativism
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Author : Patrick Malcolmson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
Liberal Education And Value Relativism written by Patrick Malcolmson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Education categories.
Many if not most of the students who enroll in Bachelor of Arts programs do so without a clear sense of purpose. This book introduces new or prospective university students to the B.A. degree. It seeks to explain the nature and purpose of liberal education, and discusses how liberal education is being undermined in today's university.
Liberal Education Today
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Author : Rex Gibson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986
Liberal Education Today written by Rex Gibson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Education, Humanistic categories.
Rethinking Liberal Education
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Author : Nicholas H. Farnham
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1996-01-11
Rethinking Liberal Education written by Nicholas H. Farnham and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-01-11 with Education categories.
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 next century and the strategies for getting there. With contributions from Leon Botstein, Ernest Boyer, Howard Gardner, Stanley Katz, Bruce Kimball, Peter Lyman, Susan Resneck Pierce, Adam Yarmolinsky and Frank Wong, Rethinking Liberal Education proposes better ways of connecting the curriculum and organization of liberal arts colleges with today's challenging economic and social realities. The authors push for greater flexibility in the organizational structure of academic departments, and argue that faculty should play a greater role in the hard discussions that shape their institutions. Through the implementation of interdisciplinary and collaborative approaches to learning, along with better integration of the curriculum with the professional and vocational aspects of the institution, this work proposes to restore vitality to the curriculum. The concept of rethinking liberal education does not mean the same thing to every educator. To one, it may mean a strategic shift in requirements, to another the reformulation of the underlying philosophy to meet changing times. Any significant reform in education needs careful thought and discussion. Rethinking Liberal Education makes a substantial contribution to such debates. It will be of interest to scholars and students, administrators, and anyone concerned with the issues of modern education.
The Meaning Of A Liberal Education Today
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Author : George Lubasz
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1953
The Meaning Of A Liberal Education Today written by George Lubasz and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1953 with Education, Humanistic categories.
How is this end of a Liberal education best fulfilled? I wish to propose that the most sensible way of viewing the problem is to realize that, fundamentally, it is a matter of rendering individuals sensitive to the basic values of our civilization, and to produce an ever increasing number of individuals so educated. This involves two steps of a single process- First, an introduction to and a thorough understanding of what these basic values are. Empathetically, this is much more than a mere looking into science, philosophy, art, etc., a disconnected understanding of these. Unfortunately, the extent to which this failing exists nowadays, it is the result of that overspecialization which is the particular disease of curriculum organization in many of our universities. What is the use of having a thorough understanding of all aspects of science (or art), if we cannot see its connection and relation to other areas of learning? I insist most strongly that it is this disconnection of subjects which is most harmful to the vitality of our modern curriculum. Ideas do not exist in isolated pockets ; it is the essence of a genuine intelligence that it sees relationships, notes connections, and has the ability to conceive ideas in context.
Why The Humanities Matter Today
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Author : Lee Trepanier
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2017-03-08
Why The Humanities Matter Today written by Lee Trepanier and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-08 with Education categories.
The humanities in American higher education is in a state of crisis with declining student enrollment, fewer faculty positions, and diminishing public prestige. Instead of recycling old arguments that have lost their appeal, the humanities must discover and articulate new rationales for their value to students, faculty, administrators, and the public. Why the Humanities Matter Today: In Defense of Liberal Education is an attempt to do so by having philosophers, literature and foreign language professors, historians, and political theorists defend the value and explain the worth of their respective disciplines as well as illuminate the importance of liberal education. By setting forth new arguments about the significance of their disciplines, these scholars show how the humanities can reclaim its place of prominence in American higher education.
The Battleground Of The Curriculum
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 1994-11
The Battleground Of The Curriculum written by and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-11 with categories.
This book examines the current debates about the curriculum in historical context and offers considerations for the future.
Liberal Education Today Secondary Tertiary And Adult
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Author : Australian Association of Adult Education. Conference
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1966
Liberal Education Today Secondary Tertiary And Adult written by Australian Association of Adult Education. Conference and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1966 with Education, Humanistic categories.
Escape From Scepticism
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Author : Christopher Derrick
language : en
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Release Date : 2010-09-07
Escape From Scepticism written by Christopher Derrick and has been published by Ignatius Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-09-07 with Religion categories.
The brilliant English writer Christopher Derrick presents a disturbing indictment of today's colleges and universities and the troubled condition of liberal education. The occasion for his writing this book was a visit to Thomas Aquinas College in California which deeply impressed Derrick with its true liberal and Catholic education. This small independent college convinced him of the need for reform in Catholic higher education today, and he uses the example of this college as the way this reform should be carried out. "This book is comparable to Newman's Idea of a University. Derrick has wit and a brilliant aphoristic style. This book could well serve as a manual for the reform of Catholic higher education today." -Paul Hallet, The National Catholic Register
The Tradition In Modern Times
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Author : Charles B. Hands
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988
The Tradition In Modern Times written by Charles B. Hands and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Education, Humanistic categories.