Powers of the Mind - The Reinvention of Liberal Learning in America (Paperback, 2nd Ed.)

It is one thing to lament the financial pressures put on universities, quite another to face up to the poverty of resources for thinking about what universities should do when they purport to offer a liberal education. In "Powers of the Mind," former University of Chicago dean Donald N. Levine enriches those resources by proposing fresh ways to think about liberal learning with ideas more suited to our times. He does so by defining basic values of modernity and then considering curricular principles pertinent to them. The principles he favors are powers of the mind--disciplines understood as fields of study defined not by subject matter but by their embodiment of distinct intellectual capacities. To illustrate, Levine draws on his own lifetime of teaching and educational leadership, while providing an inspirational summary of exemplary educational thinkers at the University of Chicago who continue to inspire. Out of this vital tradition, "Powers of the Mind" constructs a paradigm for liberal arts today, inclusive of a wide range of perspectives and applicable to the unique settings of the modern world.

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2007
First published:	September 2007
Authors:	Donald N. Levine
Dimensions:	152 x 227 x 2mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	318
Edition:	2nd Ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-47554-7
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Higher & further education > General
LSN:	0-226-47554-9
Barcode:	9780226475547

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