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

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006.Description: xv, 299 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 378/.012 22
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  • LB2361.5 .L48 2006eb
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Contents:
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-281) and index.

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.

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