Claiming our callings : toward a new understanding of vocation in the liberal arts /

The chapters in this book contend that attention to vocational concerns promotes the civic good promised by defenders of liberal arts education. In doing so, their authors suggest that the good of higher education is larger than the immediate, practical benefit an individual student gains while earn...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Autres auteurs: Schwehn, Kaethe (Éditeur intellectuel), Lagerquist, L. DeAne (Éditeur intellectuel)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]
Sujets:
St. Olaf College.
St. Olaf College
Education, Humanistic > United States.
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives > United States.
Education, Higher > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Vocation > Study and teaching (Higher) > United States.
Vocation.
Church and college > United States.
College teaching > United States.
Éducation humaniste > États-Unis.
Enseignement supérieur > Finalités > États-Unis.
Église et université > États-Unis.
EDUCATION > Essays.
EDUCATION > Organizations & Institutions.
EDUCATION > Reference.
Church and college
College teaching
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives
Education, Humanistic
Vocation
United States
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Résumé:The chapters in this book contend that attention to vocational concerns promotes the civic good promised by defenders of liberal arts education. In doing so, their authors suggest that the good of higher education is larger than the immediate, practical benefit an individual student gains while earning a degree, that addressing enduring questions is essential if students are to meet the challenges and crises facing them.
Description matérielle:1 online resource
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199374724
0199374724
9780199341061
0199341060

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