Higher expectations : can colleges teach students what they need to know in the twenty-first century? /

"Over its long history, undergraduate education has gradually evolved from its early years when colleges offered an exacting study of classical texts to the tiny segment of America's young men destined for careers as ministers, teachers, and civic leaders. After the United States began to...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bok, Derek Curtis (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2020]
Temas:
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives > United States.
Education, Higher > Curricula > United States.
College teaching > United States.
Educational change > United States.
Education and globalization.
Enseignement supérieur > Finalités > États-Unis.
Enseignement supérieur > Programmes d'études > États-Unis.
Enseignement > Réforme > États-Unis.
Éducation et mondialisation.
College teaching
Education and globalization
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives
Education, Higher > Curricula
Educational change
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : an overview
  • A brief history of the college curriculum from 1636 to the present
  • Educating citizens
  • Preparing students for an interdependent world
  • Character : can colleges help students acquire higher standards of ethical behavior and personal responsibility?
  • Helping students find a purposeful and meaningful life
  • Improving interpersonal skills
  • Improving intra-personal skills
  • Unconventional methods of teaching
  • Prospects for change
  • Encouraging reform
  • Conclusion : reflections on the future.

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