At Temple University, the City Is the Classroom

Autor/in	Moran, Caitlin
Titel	At Temple University, the City Is the Classroom
Quelle	In: Chronicle of Higher Education, 55 (2008) 14, (1 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-5982
Schlagwörter	Core Curriculum; Institutional Research; Urban Areas; Educational Change; Metropolitan Areas; School Community Relationship; Student Attitudes; Surveys; Campuses; Pennsylvania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kerncurriculum; Institutionelle Forschung; Urban area; Stadtregion; Bildungsreform; Ballungsraum; Schülerverhalten; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung
Abstract	This article reports that Temple University, like several other urban institutions, has revamped its core curriculum to focus on its location. The "Creative Spirit" course, which fills the university's arts requirement, is one of about 30 courses in Temple's new core curriculum that are taking students off the campus and into the heart of Philadelphia this semester. The idea of place-based learning has been in practice for decades, but the breadth and formality of Temple's new approach sets it apart. Temple started its program, called the Philadelphia Experience, this fall. Before that, university officials had been hearing from a growing number of students that Temple's urban location was a major draw. For years, the university's institutional research office had been surveying new students about why they chose Temple. In 2007, 61 percent of its 4,500 new students said Temple's "location in a large city" was a "very important positive factor" in their choice--up from 49 percent in 2000 and just 41 percent in 1997. As many cities expand their cultural offerings, urban universities like Temple are working to formally outline how they interact with their communities. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10