Education without compromise : from chaos to coherence in higher education
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Education without compromise : from chaos to coherence in higher education
（Jossey-Bass higher education series）
Jossey-Bass, 1990
1st ed
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Library of Education, National Institute for Educational Policy Research
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-145)
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Undergraduate programmes in colleges and universities are confused tangles of unrelated and specialized electives. Courses aimed at career preparation far outnumber those emphasizing intellectual development. As a result, our graduates are not prepared to enter a workplace where ability to change and flexibility to adapt are facts of life, nor can they become fully contributing members of a rapidly changing society. Drawing on his experience as a professor, chief academic officer, and association leader, Schaefer exposes the problems that cut across all of academia, such as student consumerism, overspecialization of disciplines, and a system that rewards esoteric publishing over good teaching. He suggests specific changes that must take place if the education of the young is to be really effective.
Table of Contents
1. Education Today: Our Chaotic Curriculum 2. Liberal Education: The Great PretAnder in Today's Colleges and Universities 3. The Knowledge Explosion: Emerging Crisis in the Academic Disciplines 4. Reading and Writing: Essentials for a Coherent Curriculum 5. Other Languages: Communicating Across Cultures 6. Teaching and Learning: Awakening the Need to Know 7. Publishing, Perishing: They Also Serve Who Only Teach 8. Humanities Today: Demystifying the Role of the Humanist 9. Summing Up: From Chaos to Coherence in Higher Education.
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