1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454176903321

Autore

Levine Donald Nathan <1931->

Titolo

Powers of the mind [[electronic resource] ] : the reinvention of liberal learning in America / / Donald N. Levine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2006

ISBN

1-281-96584-7

9786611965846

0-226-47578-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (319 p.)

Disciplina

378/.012

Soggetti

Education, Higher - Curricula - United States

Curriculum change - United States

Education, Higher - Philosophy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-281) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The place of liberal learning -- The movement for general education -- The making of a curricular tradition -- Dewey and Hutchins at Chicago -- Richard McKeon : architecton of human powers -- Joseph Schwab's assault on facile teaching -- What is educational about the study of civilizations? -- New goals for the liberal curriculum -- Goals for the liberal curriculum I: powers of prehension -- Goals for the liberal curriculum II: powers of expression -- New ways of framing pedagogy -- My experiments in teaching powers.

Sommario/riassunto

In Powers of the Mind, former University of Chicago dean Donald N. Levine considers the liberal education that our universities purport to offer, finds it lacking, and in response proposes fresh and invigorating ways to think about liberal learning that are more suited to our times. Levine begins by defining basic values of modernity and then considering pertinent curricular principles. The principles he favors are powers of the mind—disciplines understood as fields of study defined less by their subject matter than by the distinct intellectual capacities they embody. To illustrate, Levine dra



2.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991003865989707536

Autore

Las Cases, Emmanuel : de <1766-1842>

Titolo

Le mémorial de Sainte - Hélène / par le Comte de Las Cases

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Paris : Garnier, 1956-1957

Descrizione fisica

2 v. ; 18 cm

Collana

Bibliotèque de la Pléiade

Disciplina

944.0509

Soggetti

Napoleone (Imperatore dei Francesi ; I) Diari e memorie

Napoleone (Imperatore dei Francesi ; I) Diari e memorie

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

3.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991004355032907536

Autore

Bachi, Riccardo

Titolo

L'Italia economica nell'anno 1916 : annuario della vita commerciale, industriale, agraria, bancaria, finanziaria e della politica economica : anno 8 / Riccardo Bachi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Citta di Castello : Lapi

Milano... [et al.] : Societa editrice Dante Alighieri, 1917

Descrizione fisica

XVI, 394 p. ; 26 cm

Disciplina

330.945

Soggetti

Italia Condizioni socioeconomiche 1916

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia