Alive at the Core by Michael Nelson

Alive at the Core by Michael Nelson

"The humanities core is back from the dead. Indeed, it is vibrant at increasing numbers of institutions that take seriously--and not just as a cliche--what it means to prepare students for 'living in the twenty-first century.' Those who are forward-thinking will find thoughtful assessments of the most successful programs today."--Jeffrey Wallin, president, The American Academy for Liberal Education "Liberal education assures the well-being of society by providing both historical perspective and the mental agility required to navigate change. This heartening book shows a range of ways by which leading colleges and universities are meeting this critical challenge."--Susan Ford Wiltshire, professor and chair, Classical Studies, Vanderbilt University This book joins the critical debate on humanities education and asks what higher education must do to encourage greater breadth of knowledge, improved critical thinking skills, and lifelong competence in students. Alive at the Core explores the importance of general education in the humanities, lays the foundation for meaningful learning, and offers different approaches to changing the core curriculum into a tool for lifelong learning. Drawing from thirteen colleges and universities, each chapter examines a creative humanities program--detailing strategies used to develop cross-disciplinary models of learning. The authors describe how each program began, how it changed, how students connected their knowledge to the world outside the classroom, how computer-based educational technology was integrated, and how faculty members were recruited and became motivated to teach in the program.

MICHAEL NELSON is professor of political science at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee. Author of several books on politics, he is the creator and editor of the Interpreting American Politics series for Johns Hopkins University Press and a former editor of the Washington Monthly. More than forty of his articles have been anthologized in works of political science, history, and English composition.

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ISBN 13	9780787947606
ISBN 10	0787947601
Title	Alive at the Core
Author	Michael Nelson
Series	The Jossey-Bass Higher And Adult Education Series
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	John Wiley & Sons Inc
Year published	2000-04-06
Number of pages	416
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