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LEYDEN, RALPH C., ED. – 1966
IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A BROAD FOUNDATION FOR A GENERAL-LIBERAL EDUCATION, STEPHENS COLLEGE HAS DEVELOPED SIX "BASIC COURSES" WHICH EMPHASIZE THE RELEVANCE OF CENTRAL CONCEPTS IN DIFFERENT FIELDS OF INTELLECTUAL ACTIVITY TO MODERN LIFE. THE SIX COURSES ARE "GENERAL HUMANITIES,""CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, English Instruction, General Education, Humanities Instruction
Mount Pleasant Public Schools, MI.
Prepared during the first year of a 3-year pilot program, this working draft of a resource guide represents efforts to develop and field test resource units for career education, Grades 1-6. The units, which include objectives and learning activities, are clustered as follows: (1) Distribution and Marketing, (2) Agriculture-Natural Resources, (3)…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives
Burkett, J. E., Ed.; Ruggiers, Paul G., Ed. – 1965
A program leading to the Bachelor of Liberal Studies (BLS) for adult, part-time students was conceived and implemented at the University of Oklahoma between 1957 and 1965. The program is designed to surmount difficulties posed by rigid course and residence requirements, scheduling, and undergraduate-oriented instruction. By giving special entrance…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Area Studies, Bibliographies, Curriculum Development
Finn, Chester E., Jr, Ed.; Ravitch, Diane, Ed. – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2007
Citing Aristotle, Franklin and Einstein as proponents of a broad, liberal-arts education, Finn and Ravitch promote the need for liberal learning as preparatory to the civic life needed for a well-functioning democracy. Drawing together the work of a number of educators, the editors have organized this volume in two sections. Part I, Liberal…
Descriptors: General Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Democracy, Accountability