The Liberal Arts College and the Ideal of Liberal Education: The Case for Radical Reform.

Autor/in	Crimmel, Henry H.
Titel	The Liberal Arts College and the Ideal of Liberal Education: The Case for Radical Reform.
Quelle	(1993), (384 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
ISBN	0-8191-9174-4
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Academic Freedom; College Curriculum; College Environment; College Faculty; Colleges; Curriculum Development; Educational Change; Educational Environment; Educational Objectives; Educational Philosophy; Higher Education; Institutional Mission; Liberal Arts; Teacher Role + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Akademische Freiheit; Hochschulumwelt; Fakultät; College; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Bildungsreform; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Lehrerrolle
Abstract	This book analyzes the crisis facing the American liberal arts college and offers a proposal for its reform. It argues that a college's infidelity to the ideals of liberal education adversely affects its relationship to society, its educational program, and its teachers. A definition and a defense of liberal education ideals is offered. The author stresses that the liberal arts college must not submit to any ideology, political agenda, or vocational interest; that the college's educational program must be centered around a set of rational, theoretical, and practical skills; and that the college teacher must be autonomous and uncompromised by scholarly or administrative responsibilities. This argument is presented in 10 chapters grouped into two parts. Part 1 describes the ways that typical liberal arts colleges have failed to deliver on their promises of a liberal education, and by so doing, have lost their institutional integrity. Part 2 specifies the principles that must be adopted to recover this integrity. Individual chapters address principles concerned with: (1) the nature of liberal education, (2) the importance of institutional independence, (3) the ideal liberal arts curriculum, and (4) the need for teacher autonomy. (Individual chapters contain references.)
Anmerkungen	University Press of America, Inc., 4720 Boston Way, Lanham, MD 20706 (paperback: ISBN-0-8191-9174-4, $29.50; clothbound: ISBN-0-8191-9173-6, $49.50).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01