But throughout his long career, Ravitch maintains, Dewey routinely disparaged traditional subject - centered education and often stoked the rhetorical pyres built for such defenders
of liberal education as William Chandler Bagley and Robert Maynard Hutchins.
products
of a liberal education as was I.
Not exact matches
Some academics see undeclared majors
as the epitome
of Deweyan
education, the last vestiges
of America's one - time
liberal - arts sensibility.
The
education measures have been promised by the
Liberals as part
of the benefits
of restraints on wage and benefits for 9,600 unionized teachers.
However, there is increasing evidence that the STEM shortage is a myth and,
as Fareed Zakaria points out in his book, In Defense
of a
Liberal Education, what we most need to improve is communication skills.
The B.C.
Liberals have had two MLAs assigned
as spokespeople on advanced
education, yet neither
of them have asked a question on behalf
of students in Question Period in 2017 or 2018.
VICTORIA — B.C.
Liberal leadership candidate Michael de Jong must think people in B.C. have forgotten 16 years
of B.C.
Liberal neglect on housing, child care and
education as he announces things he refused to deliver while he was the...
VICTORIA — B.C.
Liberal leadership candidate Michael de Jong must think people in B.C. have forgotten 16 years
of B.C.
Liberal neglect on housing, child care and
education as he announces things he refused to deliver while he was the minister
of finance.
our country will be the worse for it
as more students face the brainwashing
of liberal education's agenda to promote blind acceptance that truth and creed do not exist.
What «Effective Christian
Education» shows most effectively, however, is the fraudulence
of what is presented
as the «scientific» study
of religion — and the credulity
of church leaders who can not distinguish between Christian faith and
liberal sentimentalities.
Formerly, when the
liberal arts college was the major form
of higher
education, and when it understood its mission
as the prepartion
of leaders for society, there was some chance
of such health.
As to curriculum, Dupré points out that many Catholic schools have reduced the ideal
of a Catholic
liberal education to «a few courses on religion, ethics, and a smattering
of philosophy in an otherwise wholly pragmatically oriented curriculum.»
As Freeman Butts observed: ``... where the conception
of a
liberal education was firmly grounded upon religious and intellectual authority and discipline, the prescribed curriculum was more likely to be maintained longer against the inroads
of the elective system with its attendant doctrines
of freedom and flexibility.»
If Scully's mentor and former partner, Red Barber, was the soft - spoken, southern - accented master
of the homely analogy — «This game is tighter than a new pair
of shoes on a rainy day» — Scully brings to his work the perspective
of a philosopher at ease with the human condition, perhaps first formed by the
liberal arts
education he received at Fordham University shortly after World War II: «Andre Dawson has a bruised knee and is listed
as day - to - day.
At the present time much
of what is called
liberal education in the arts and sciences is organized
as a collection
of specialized studies.
From his vantage point
as president
of Harvard, Bok analyzes the dilemmas
of liberal education, showing how its coexistence with the demands
of professional schools in times
of change and uncertainty requires its advocates to set it on a sound course.
But this should not be construed
as approval for nonintellectual practical or manual activity within the scope
of liberal education.
The eclipse
of liberal education,
as Allan Bloom recounts it in The Closing
of the American Mind (Simon & Schuster, 392 pp., $ 18.95), occurred at Cornell University in 1969.
Benito Juárez, supreme court justice and then president, was the
liberals» foremost leader and engineer
of the 1857 constitution (for which he is now honored by schoolchildren
as the first among national heroes).37 Earlier outlawed had been any but «secular»
education and the use
of civil machinery to enforce religious vows and payment
of church tithes.
Education, including liberal education, for the most part has consisted in the transmission to the younger generation of what the older generation regards as t
Education, including
liberal education, for the most part has consisted in the transmission to the younger generation of what the older generation regards as t
education, for the most part has consisted in the transmission to the younger generation
of what the older generation regards
as the truth.
My argument is not for some holy campaign,
as Bushman suggests, but for a good ol'
liberal arts
education as most conducive to the full exercise
of divine intelligence.
However, I credit this to his postmodern
education,
as well
as his insular existence
as a favored son
of an elite
liberal culture that rewards irony and critique rather than conviction.
A
liberal education, Freedman went on to say, «ought to make a person independent
of mind, skeptical
of authority and received views, prepared to forge an identity for himself or herself, and capable
of becoming an individual not bent upon copying other persons — even persons
as persuasive and influential
as one's father.»
Schools have continued to offer
as an option a version
of the
liberal arts
education they traditionally provided; but such concerns and the faculties supporting them have played steadily decreasing roles among the financial forces that drive the institutions.
For many years, traditionalist thinkers have promoted the teaching
of a set
of core texts — the «great books» —
as a vital element
of a
liberal arts
education during a time when demands for multiculturalism led to the dismantling
of a number
of traditional programs
of study.
This American ideal for
education was institutionalized in the Morrill Land Grant Act
of 1862, encouraging the state schools oriented toward agricultural and technical
education that developed
as alternatives to the
liberal arts colleges.
And there's less real «
liberal education» than ever (
as a percentage
of the whole called «higher
education,» at least).
As in the case
of theological
education, professional work in institutions preparing teachers is likely to include further
liberal studies
of particular relevance to teaching along with the study and practice
of effective teaching.
The humanistic contribution
of the Renaissance improved the
liberal arts,
as well
as modern natural and social sciences, must be a major part
of any
liberal arts
education that would make sense today.
Whereas a
liberal arts
education may provide some basis for viewing the global economy critically and making judgments
as to how one wants to relate to it, very few students in universities are exposed to that kind
of reflection.
Nord would accomplish his goal through special courses and by persuading, even forcing, educators to acknowledge religion
as an integral part
of liberal education.
A
liberal education, if added to a STEM or business degree in graduate school, could greatly benefit our country, which has seen very little good thinking in government, politics, and business
as of late.
You could correctly surmise that I am not an advocate
of liberal arts
education as something intrinsic to Christian universities.
Liberals largely have higher
education, the elite newspapers and time mainline churches on their side,
as conservatives never tire
of pointing out; for angry conservatives, the cultural power
of American liberalism is suffocating and immense.
The Chronicle
of Higher
Education and Change have been much concerned about values recently, as have the American Association of Higher Education and the other Washington - based educational agencies; the Danforth Foundation recently held a workshop on values in liberal arts education, and the whole issue has been given academic credibility by programs in moral development and in value analysis at several univ
Education and Change have been much concerned about values recently,
as have the American Association
of Higher
Education and the other Washington - based educational agencies; the Danforth Foundation recently held a workshop on values in liberal arts education, and the whole issue has been given academic credibility by programs in moral development and in value analysis at several univ
Education and the other Washington - based educational agencies; the Danforth Foundation recently held a workshop on values in
liberal arts
education, and the whole issue has been given academic credibility by programs in moral development and in value analysis at several univ
education, and the whole issue has been given academic credibility by programs in moral development and in value analysis at several universities.
In her years
of teaching she developed a concept
of education that she expressed
as «
liberal education for all,» by which she meant an
education that was broad and deep enough curriculum to be suitable for all children.
Hastings Bertrand Lees - Smith PC (26 January 1878 — 18 December 1941) was a British
Liberal turned Labour politician who was briefly in the cabinet
as President
of the Board
of Education in 1931.
The
Education Committee reiterated what has been a long - standing concern
of the country's
liberal community: revising the curriculum
of state school textbooks on Pakistan Studies, which glorify Muslim warriors and portray India
as «Hindu» and Hindu
as «the other».
The
education secretary offered an almost Shakespearian assessment
of his fellow Cabinet minister
as the
Liberal Democrats continued to consolidate their position in the Eastleigh by - election.
The effect is to dump existing
Liberal Democrat policy which seeks integrated
education — in other words all young people to have opportunities to do vocational and academic study
as part
of a single curriculum..
Theresa May's personal crusade to expand the number
of grammar schools is in serious jeopardy today
as senior Tory, Labour and
Liberal Democrat MPs unite in an unprecedented cross-party campaign to kill off the prime minister's flagship
education reform.
Liberal groups have sought to jam Republican phones lines with protests
of President Trump's nomination
of Betsy DeVos
as Education secretary.
Wales» brightest and most talented pupils are set to benefit from # 3 million
of support over two years
as part
of plans announced today by Welsh
Liberal Democrat
Education Secretary, Kirsty Williams.
David Willetts» unfortunate comment last week about higher
education being a «burden on the taxpayer» suggests that not only will
Liberal Democrat ministers have to continue to remind their Conservative colleagues
of the importance
of social mobility, but they will have to make the economic case for building a learning economy
as well.
Under the Ashdown formula, the
Liberal Democrats have worked with Labour on areas
of mutual interest, such
as constitutional reform, but have opposed the Government in other areas such
as spending on health and
education and preparation for the euro.
It's a sop to
Liberal Democrat backbenchers who at long last may be showing signs
of rebelling
as one totemic
Liberal Democrat
education policy after another is sacrificed to Tory ideology.»
«We sought assurances from the Minister today on the timely introduction
of overall SEN reform, but the Minister refused to accept the recommendations
of the scrutinising committee, and that decision, coupled with the lack
of robust financial data, means that the Welsh
Liberal Democrats can not support the
Education Bill
as it currently stands.
There's a genuine difference
of opinion between the Cuomo and de Blasio administration on charters, but the move also stands to benefit Cuomo politically: Along with his opposition to the pre-K tax hike, it cements the governor's position
as a moderate bulwark against the more
liberal de Blasio on
education, appealing to voters outside the city and preemptively shutting down a potential area
of attack by his Republican challenger
as he runs for re-election.
Aled Roberts, Welsh
Liberal Democrat
Education spokesperson, has called on the Welsh Labour government to use the money which will come to Wales
as a result
of today's school meals announcement in England to be used to fund a similar scheme.
Out Councilmember Corey Johnson
of Chelsea also voted against it
as did Inez Barron
of Brooklyn, a staunch advocate for public
education, but it passed 43 - 4 with the support
of all three citywide elected officials — Mayor Bill de Blasio, Comptroller Scott Stringer, and Public Advocate Letitia James —
as well
as otherwise
liberal officials such
as Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer.