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Informationen zum Autor THE AUTHORS WILLIAM M. SULLIVAN is codirector of the Carnegie Foundation's Preparation for the Professions Program. He is the author of Work and Integrity: The Crisis and Promise of Professionalism in America and coauthor of Educating Lawyers: Preparation for the Profession of Law and Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life. MATTHEW S. ROSIN is author of Obsoleting Culture and was formerly a research scholar at The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. He is currently a senior research associate at EdSource, an independent and impartial educational policy research agency that clarifies K-12 policy issues in California. Klappentext A NEW AGENDA FOR HIGHER EDUCATION Historically, higher education has aimed to enhance the possibilities of life for its students. The liberal arts and sciences have sought to do this through cultivating in students a "life of the mind"--the intellectual dimensions of students' lives such as problem-solving capacities and critical thinking. On the other hand, the professional schools have focused on providing the means whereby students might "make something of themselves" by acquiring competence in specific skills valuable to others. In A New Agenda for Higher Education, the authors endorse higher education's utility for enhancing the practical as well as intellectual dimensions of life by developing a third, different conception of educational purpose. Based on The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching seminar that brought together educators from six professional fields with faculty from the liberal arts and sciences, A New Agenda for Higher Education proposes an educational aim of "practical reason," focusing on the interdependence of liberal education and professional training. The book includes case studies of instructors from a wide array of disciplines including those who educate their students for practical responsibility. The authors document the process by which they learned to collaborate with one another across fields and, in the end, produced a new discourse of practical reason. The book also offers faculty, administrators, and those interested in the promise of higher education valuable suggestions on how to put these insights to work in their own academic contexts. It promises to stir and support the development of practical wisdom among students of all fields who are preparing for a wide variety of careers and callings. Zusammenfassung A Life of the Mind for Practice proposes a new model of undergraduate teaching! focused on the interdependence of liberal education and professional training. This book shows how both liberal arts educators and educators of professionals can provide their students with access to the actual practices as well as the purposes of their professions. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword vii Lee S. Shulman and Gary D. Fenstermacher Preface xv Acknowledgments xxvii About the Authors xxix Introduction 1 1. Partners in the Field: Part One 25 Elliot N. Dorff, Arthur S. Elstein, and Barbara S. Stengel 2. Partners in the Field: Part Two 46 Gary Lee Downey, Daisy Hurst Floyd, and William C. Spohn 3. A Narrative of the Seminar 73 4. Practical Reason as an Educational Agenda 93 Conclusion: Taking Formative Action 127 Appendix One: Partner Syllabi 145 Hessel Bouma III, "Human Biology," Calvin College Elliot N. Dorff, "Issues in Jewish Ethics," American Jewish University Gary Lee Downey and Juan Lucena, "Engineering Cultures," Virginia Tech and Colorado School of Mines Daisy Hurst Floyd, "Advanced Legal Ethics: Finding Joy and Satisfaction in Legal Life," Mercer University School of Law Allen S. Hammond IV, "Contracts," Santa Clara University School of L...
