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Integrated General Education: A Brief Look Back
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Wehlburg, Catherine M. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2010
By tracing the historical roots of general education, we can make many of our current issues and problems in general education more understandable. This chapter is an overview of historical trends that have taken general education from the concept of a unified curriculum with no distinction between "specialized" and "general" education to the…
Descriptors: General Education, Educational History, Trend Analysis, Integrated Curriculum
Using Fink's Integrated Course Design: How a Book Changed Our Students' Learning, Our University, and Ourselves
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Fallahi, Carolyn R.; Levine, Laura E.; Nicoll-Senft, Joan M.; Tessier, Jack T.; Watson, Cheryl L.; Wood, Rebecca M. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2009
This article presents an interdisciplinary approach to course redesign that enhanced student learning across all six categories in Dee Fink's taxonomy. A meta-analysis of the results provides evidence that integrated course design produces significant learning. In this article, the authors tell four connected stories: (1) how Fink's book,…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Course Descriptions, Instructional Design, Instructional Effectiveness
Liberal Arts in Pharmacy Education.
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Strand, Linda M.; Winston, J. Mark – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1989
The integration of liberal and professional education will require pharmacy faculties to redefine the dimensions of their role as educators. An assessment of liberal education in pharmacy, models for integration of liberal education, and prescription for change are discussed. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Change, College Curriculum, College Faculty, General Education