Cultivating humanity : a classical defense of reform in liberal education /

How can higher education today create a community of critical thinkers and searchers for truth that transcends the boundaries of class, gender, and nation? Martha C. Nussbaum, philosopher and classicist, argues that contemporary curricular reform is already producing such "citizens of the world...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nussbaum, Martha C. (Martha Craven), 1947- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1997.
Temas:
Education, Humanistic > United States > Case studies.
Education, Higher > Social aspects > United States > Case studies.
Universities and colleges > United States > Sociological aspects > Case studies.
Curriculum change > United States > Case studies.
Continuing education.
Education, Continuing
Éducation humaniste > États-Unis > Cas, Études de.
Enseignement supérieur > Aspect social > États-Unis > Cas, Études de.
Universités > États-Unis > Aspect sociologique > Cas, Études de.
Programmes d'études > Changements > États-Unis > Cas, Études de.
Éducation humaniste > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Enseignement supérieur > Aspect social > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Universités > États-Unis > Aspect sociologique > Études de cas.
Programmes d'études > Changements > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Éducation permanente.
continuing education.
EDUCATION > General.
Istruzione superiore > Stati Uniti d'America > Sec. 20.
Discipline umanistiche > Insegnamento > Stati Uniti d'America > Sec. 20.
Continuing education
Curriculum change
Education, Higher > Social aspects
Education, Humanistic
Universities and colleges > Sociological aspects
Hoger onderwijs.
Klassieke vorming.
Filosofia da educação.
Ensino superior (aspectos sociais;aspectos culturais) > Estados unidos.
Currículo de ensino superior.
United States
Case studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The old education and the think-academy
  • Socratic self-examination
  • Citizens of the world
  • The narrative imagination
  • The study of non-western cultures
  • African-American studies
  • Women's studies
  • The study of human sexuality
  • Socrates in the religious university
  • The "new" liberal education.

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