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The best kind of college : an insiders' guide to America's small liberal arts colleges /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: McWilliams, Susan Jane, 1977- (Editor ), Seery, John Evan (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany, New York : State University of New York Press, [2015]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Acknowledgments; Introduction; What's the Big Deal about Small Liberal Arts Colleges?; Small Liberal Arts Colleges versus the "Competition"; The Money Issue; This Book; Notes; Part One: The Classroom; What's Love Got to Do with It? Shakespeare: A Liberal Art; A Story of Origins: Shakespeare on Stage; Shakespeare in the Classroom and Beyond; Postscript: Richard III Again-in the Graveyard and Beyond; Notes; In Defense of Small: Some Personal Reflections on Teaching Chemistry at a Primarily Undergraduate Institution; Notes. 
505 8 |a An Invitation to Get Lost: The Right Kind of Place for Liberal LearningIntroduction; An Invitation to Get Lost; The Lost Scenario as an Occasion for Liberal Learning; The Best Kind of College for Liberal Learning; Conclusion; Notes; From Observation to Engagement to Collaboration: The Liberal Arts Journey; Notes; Magic in the Classroom; Part Two: The Career; Learning to Live a Life of Learnable Moments; Notes; (What Is Meant to Be) Straight Talk on Intellectual, Cultural, and Moral Formation; Robert Frost, Symbolical Teacher; Notes. 
505 8 |a The "Job Definition" of a Faculty Member at a Liberal Arts InstitutionTeaching; A Walk Down Memory Lane; Scholarship; Service; Putting It All Together; Notes; How Liberal Arts Colleges Have Shaped My Life; Part Three: The Curriculum; Liberal Education as Respecting Who We Are; Education for Sophists; Defending the Humanities?; The Socratic Method and Its Limits; Respect for Texts; Berry College's Contribution to Our Educational Diversity; Note; Humanizing the Subject: Toward a Curriculum for Liberal Education in the Twenty-First Century; What Liberal Education Is Not. 
505 8 |a What Liberal Education IsA Concrete Example; Means and Ends of Liberal Education; Notes; Singing a New History: Pathways to Learning in a Liberal Arts Setting; Notes; Living Art; Social Entrepreneurship and the Liberal Arts; Notes; Beyond Cs Getting Degrees: Teaching the Liberal Arts and Sciences at a Comprehensive University; What Knowledge Should Students Learn?; Persuading Educational Consumers of the Need to Think; Helping Students Find a Purpose Worthy of Their Devotion; The Promise (and Hope) of a Liberal Arts Education; Notes; Part Four: The Community. 
505 8 |a Unlearning Helplessness: The Liberal Arts and the Future of EducationLiberal Arts Colleges: The Mothers of (Re)Invention; Note; The Best Kind of College: Spelman College; Athletics in the Liberal Arts; Going Elsewhere, Coming Home; On Not Lamenting Our Virginity; Notes; Part Five: The College; Departures; John F. Kennedy International Airport, January 8, 2012; Chicago O'Hare International Airport, January 21, 2012; San Francisco International Airport, February 12, 2012; Reed College Front Lawn, September 21, 2012; Conclusion: The Author's Backyard, June 28, 2013; Notes. 
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