Psychology
The learning sciences and liberal education
Document Type
Book Chapter
Abstract
Today we are engaged in a national debate about the extent to which liberal education, as currently conceived, leaves college graduates ready to find their place in the modern world. This debate includes a discussion of whether early apprenticeships in the form of internships, co-op programs, and the development of professional or disciplinary skills divert students from developing the broad knowledge and enhanced civic engagement that are the promised hallmarks of liberal education.
In this article, I will make the case for a new framing of liberal education based on several decades of research emerging from the learning and developmental sciences. This work suggests that general knowledge stems from acquiring both the habits of mind and repertoires of practice that develop from participation in knowledge-building communities.
Publication Title
College Teaching and Learning for Change: Students and Faculty Speak Out
Publication Date
1-1-2017
First Page
46
Last Page
58
ISBN
9781315302386
DOI
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315302393
Keywords
liberal education, college, education
Repository Citation
Budwig, Nancy, "The learning sciences and liberal education" (2017). Psychology. 183.
https://commons.clarku.edu/faculty_psychology/183