The Community College and the Good Society: How the Liberal Arts Were Undermined and What We Can Do to Bring Them Back

ISBN-13: 9781138515574 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 155 str.

Chad Hanson

Opis

The community college is the largest single sector of the U

Spis treści

Introduction: What are Community Colleges For?
Part One: Change on Campus
1. Political Culture: The Quiet Shift toward Job Training
2. Organizational Beliefs and Values: The Learning College Movement
3. Educational Practices: Competency-Based Education
Part Two: External Forces and Their Impact
4. Government Agencies: The U.S. Department of Education
5. Professional Organizations: The American Association of Community Colleges
Part Three: The Promise of the Arts and Sciences
6. Curriculum: Localized and Problem-Based
7. Mission and Purpose: The Community
College Baccalaureate
8. Pedagogy: The Town Hall Meeting as a Teaching Method
Epilogue: The Twenty-First-Century College
References
Index

O autorze

Chad Hanson