Sentences with phrase «general liberal education»

This belief stood for an idea that the study and practice of art were indispensable aspects of a student's general liberal education.

Not exact matches

For our efforts to go beyond such survival - mode, and to actually do what conservative pundits are calling for, depend a great upon a broader reform movement to restore genuine liberal education to the general curriculum and to give its champions real power.

With the general emancipation effected by technology, liberal education has become a democratic possibility.

Classical liberal education was essentially general, because of its reliance upon literary works of broad human pertinence.

The tendency has been to bog down in fights between the Right and the Left, where conservatives were worried that character education programs were all about teaching mushy diversity and general sort of tolerance, and liberals were worried that character education was about teaching religion and more conservative values.

In the areas of church autonomy and anti-discrimination laws, the nature of personhood, the family, marriage, bio-ethics and education, general liberal principles do not generate uniquely determinate and conclusive solutions.

Supporters of the campaign include the British Humanist Association, Professor Ted Cantle and the iCoCo Foundation, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, British Muslims for Secular Democracy, the Campaign for State Education, the Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education, the Christian think tank Ekklesia, the Hindu Academy, the Green Party, the Liberal Democrat Education Association, Liberal Youth, the Local Schools Network, Richmond Inclusive Schools Campaign, the Runnymede Trust, the Socialist Educational Association, and the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches.

Commenting on Nick Clegg's announcement of summer «catch - up» schools in his speech to the Liberal Democrats Conference, Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers» union, said this: «In the National Union of Teachers we want every child to have the best possible opportunities and that means investing in education across the board.

[37] The campaign has support from both religious and non-religious organizations at both the national and local level including the Accord Coalition, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, the British Humanist Association, British Muslims for Secular Democracy, ICoCo Foundation, the Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education, Ekklesia, the Hindu Academy, the Liberal Democrat Education Association, Richmond Inclusive Schools Campaign, the Runnymede Trust, the Socialist Educational Association, the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches.

Supporters of the campaign include the Accord Coalition, the British Humanist Association, Professor Ted Cantle and the iCoCo Foundation, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, British Muslims for Secular Democracy, the Campaign for State Education, the Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education, the Christian think tank Ekklesia, the Hindu Academy, the Green Party, the Liberal Democrat Education Association, Liberal Youth, the Local Schools Network, Richmond Inclusive Schools Campaign, the Runnymede Trust, the Socialist Educational Association, and the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches.

The abolition of fees remains central to Liberal Democrat education policy and the Social Liberal Forum believes that unless HE is paid for through general taxation, a fairly instituted graduate contribution, with repayments that reflect graduates» ability to pay, is the best policy to help the UK's HE sector remain world - class without placing a burden of debt on young graduates.»

Unveiling the Liberal Democrat education policy for the party's general election campaign with a keynote speech in London, Mr Clegg said that the link between deprivation and low achievement remained, despite Labour's investment programme.

The Campaign launched in June 2013, and is also already being supported by the Accord Coalition, the British Humanist Association, Professor Ted Cantle and the iCoCo Foundation, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, British Muslims for Secular Democracy, the Campaign for State Education, the Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education, the Christian think tank Ekklesia, the Hindu Academy, the Green Party, the Liberal Democrat Education Association, Liberal Youth, the Local Schools Network, Richmond Inclusive Schools Campaign, the Runnymede Trust, the Socialist Educational Association, the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches and a number of local campaign groups.

«Essentially, the students are reaping the benefits of a liberal arts education — small class size, general education curriculum, high contact with professors and a residential campus,» says Graham Miller, a second - year doctoral student and first author of the report.

«Essentially, the students are reaping the benefits of a liberal arts education — small class size, general education curriculum, high contact with professors and a residential campus,» says Graham Miller, a second - year graduate student in education and the report's first author.

threaten the traditional focus on the disciplines of liberal arts and sciences, and the one - time appeal of a broad general education.

On our campus, students take a general liberal - arts core of 62 semester hours, a minimum of 48 hours in the content they will teach, and 18 hours in education.

Following the General Election in 2015, NFER, in collaboration with Full Fact, reviewed the education promises made in the Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat manifestos.

For example, Dr. Ikeda recently stated, «I believe that a liberal arts education should be the core element of the first half of every university degree course, as it provides a general understanding of humanity.»

More than 50 % of college graduates attend more than one higher education institution before receiving a bachelor's degree (Ewell, Schild, & Paulson, 2003), and approximately 60 % of teacher education occurs in general liberal arts and sciences, and other academic departments outside of teacher education.

Provide a broad liberal arts program of study to elementary special education candidates, and require that they pass the same content test as general education teachers.

The big argument for pursuing liberal arts degrees and taking general education courses is that by doing so, you will learn how to learn.

«Founders of the college believed that the study and practice of art were indispensable aspects of a student's general liberal arts education.»

The founders of the college believed that the study and practice of art were indispensable aspects of a student's general liberal arts education, and they hired Josef Albers to be the first art teacher.

You'll be required to take general education as well as liberal arts classes, in addition to core medical assisting classes when working towards an associate degree.

Both programs combine general education and core courses, while the Associate degree requires additional liberal arts classes.

Both programs offer general education and core courses, while the AAS degree requires liberal arts courses as well.