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



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Autore: Levine Donald N. <1931-1915.> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Powers of the mind [[electronic resource] ] : the reinvention of liberal learning in America / / Donald N. Levine Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2006
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (319 p.)
Disciplina: 378/.012
Soggetto topico: Education, Higher - Curricula - United States
Curriculum change - United States
Education, Higher - Philosophy
Soggetto non controllato: higher education, college, university, resources, funding, endowment, liberal arts, modernity, curriculum, disciples, leadership, pedagogy, philosophy, hutchins, dewey, architecton, richard mckeon, humanities, teaching, learning, testing, knowledge, communication, self, nonfiction, history, liberalism, scholars, sociology, joseph schwab
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
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ISBN: 1-281-96584-7
9786611965846
0-226-47578-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910782454803321
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