Powers of the mind the reinvention of liberal learning in America

In Powers of the Mind, former University of Chicago dean Donald N. Levine considers the liberal education that our universities purport to offer, finds it lacking, and in response proposes fresh and invigorating ways to think about liberal learning that are more suited to our times. Levine begins by...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Levine, Donald Nathan, 1931- (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press 2006.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The place of liberal learning
  • The movement for general education
  • The making of a curricular tradition
  • Dewey and Hutchins at Chicago
  • Richard McKeon : architecton of human powers
  • Joseph Schwab's assault on facile teaching
  • What is educational about the study of civilizations?
  • New goals for the liberal curriculum
  • Goals for the liberal curriculum I: powers of prehension
  • Goals for the liberal curriculum II: powers of expression
  • New ways of framing pedagogy
  • My experiments in teaching powers.