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Back to the Core

Name: Back to the Core
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SKU: 9781622730964
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Rethinking Core Texts in Liberal Arts & Sciences Education in Europe

Autor: Emma Cohen de Lara, Hanke Drop

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Oprawa: Twarda

Wydawca: Vernon Press

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Whereas liberal arts and sciences education arguably has European roots, European universities have...

Informacje o książce

Autor

Emma Cohen de Lara, Hanke Drop

Język

Angielski

Oprawa

Książka - Twarda

Data wydania

2017

strony

270

EAN

9781622730964

ISBN

1622730968

Enbook ID

16197390

Wydawca

Vernon Press

Waga

714

Wymiary

152 x 229 x 27

Pełny opis

Whereas liberal arts and sciences education arguably has European roots, European universities have evolved over the last century to become advanced research institutions, mainly offering academic training in specialized disciplines. The Bologna process, started by the European Union in the late nineties, encouraged European institutions of higher education to broaden their curricula and to commit to undergraduate education with increased vigor. One of the results is that Europe is currently witnessing a proliferation of liberal arts and sciences colleges and broad bachelor degrees. This edited volume fills a gap in the literature by providing reflections on the recent developments in Europe with regard to higher education in the liberal arts and sciences. The first section includes reflections from either side of the Atlantic about the nature and aims of liberal arts and sciences education and the way in which it takes shape, or should take shape in European institutions of higher learning. The edited volume takes as a distinct approach to liberal arts and sciences education by focusing on the unique way in which core texts - i.e. classic texts from philosophical, historical, literary or cultural traditions involving "the best that has been written" - meet the challenges of modern higher education in general and in Europe in particular. This approach is manifested explicitly in the second section that focuses on how specific core texts promote the goals of liberal arts and sciences education, including the teaching methods, curricular reflections, and personal experiences of teaching core texts. The edited volume is based on a selection of papers presented at a conference held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in September 2015. It is meant to impart the passion that teachers and administrators share about developing the liberal arts and sciences in Europe with the help of core texts in order to provide students with a well-rounded, formative, and genuinely liberal education.