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Immeasurable Outcomes - Teaching Shakespeare in the Age of the Algorithm (Hardcover)
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Immeasurable Outcomes - Teaching Shakespeare in the Age of the Algorithm (Hardcover)
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What is the purpose of education? The answer might be found in a
Shakespeare class at a small liberal arts college. In this engaging
account of teaching a Shakespeare class at a small liberal arts
college, Gayle Greene illustrates what is so vital and urgent about
the humanities. Follow along with Greene as she introduces us to
her students and showcases their strengths, needs, and
vulnerabilities, so we can experience the magic of her classroom.
In Immeasurable Outcomes, Greene's class builds a complex human
ecosystem that pushes students to think more deeply and discover
their own interests and potential, all while recognizing the
inherent dignity in other people's views and values. Grounding her
analyses in half a century of teaching, Greene pushes back against
the demand for measurable student learning outcomes and the
standardization imposed on K-12 schools in the name of reform.
Instead, she draws her conclusions about education directly from
the students themselves. Alumni testimonials describe the
transformative power of a liberal arts education, recounting how
their experience of community and engagement has provided them the
tools to navigate the uncertainties of a rapidly changing world
while also inspiring the social awareness our democracy depends on.
Immeasurable Outcomes rejects claims that the liberal arts are
impractical, exposing the political agendas of technocrats and
ideologues who would transform higher education into vocational
training and programs focused only on profitability. Greene reminds
us that the liberal arts have been the basis for the most
successful educational system in the world and provides a powerful
demonstration that education at a human scale that is
relationship-rich and humanities-based should be the model for
education in the future.
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