Liberal Education for a Land of Colleges - Yale''s 'Reports' of 1828

Zusatztext Informationen zum Autor David B. Potts is a historian of American colleges and universities and has served liberal arts education in a variety of roles: professor of American history, scholar-in-residence, academic dean, alumnus, and trustee. Klappentext Yale's Reports, published in 1828, is a seminalpublication for understanding the development of American higher education. Giving highest priority to critical thinking skills, this fifty-six-page pamphlet played a central role in clearly delineating teaching objectives, modes of learning, and range of curriculum for the nation s colleges. In a deeply researched and well-crafted analytical narrative, David B. Potts introduces Yale s document, probes its origins and message, surveys its national reception, and assesses its import for liberal education, both then and now. His broadly contextual approach helps readers understand why the young republic, informed and encouraged by Yale s rationale, became a land of liberal arts colleges. Zusammenfassung Yale's Reports, published in 1828, is a seminalpublication for understanding the development of American higher education. His broadly contextual approach helps readers understand why the young republic, informed and encouraged by Yale s rationale, became a land of liberal arts colleges. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introductory Essay: A Land of Colleges * American Colleges, Fall 1828 * Reports on the Course of Instruction in Yale College (1828) * Annotations for Yale's Reports of 1828 * Yale's Undergraduate Curriculum 1828/29 * The Substance of Two Reports of the Faculty of Amherst College (1827) * Amherst's Undergraduate Curriculum 1828/29 * Remarks on Changes Lately Proposed or Adopted, in Harvard University (1825) * Harvard's Undergraduate Curriculum 1827/28 * A Note on the Research * Roger L. Geiger, Context for a Compelling and Cogent Case

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: D Potts, D. Potts, David B. Potts
• Editore: Palgrave UK
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 12.04.2010
• EAN: 9780230622036
• ISBN: 978-0-230-62203-6
• Pagine: 259
• Serie: Higher Education and Society; Higher Education & Society; Higher Education and Society
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geologia; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Corsi per adulti; B, Sociology of Education, Education, geology, History of Education, Conservation Biology, Nature Conservation, higher education, Conservation of the environment, Philosophy & theory of education, Social research & statistics, Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere, Educational Philosophy, Education—Philosophy, Educational sociology, Education—History, Palgrave Education Collection, Structural Geology, Geomorphology & geological surface processes, education;higher education;university