Can Professional Studies Be Included in the Liberal Arts Curriculum?

This article discusses a business school professor's approach to teaching a University Seminar, the first course in the freshman year component of the liberal arts requirements at Seattle Pacific University. Drawing on Cardinal Newman's The Idea of a University (1873/1947), three theses shaped the design of the seminar. First, the seminar topic should be put in historical, social, and ethical perspective. Second, the Christian Scriptures should provide a set of control beliefs that can be used in moral and practical discernment about the social responsibilities of business. Third, the use of common texts can help in fostering broader social goals.     

调整课程体系拓宽专业面向强化通识教育

为适应建设世界一流大学的目标要求,加快向研究型大学教育教学模式转变,本科教育的培养方案和课程体系的改革是教育教学改革的主要工作.本文着重介绍了浙江大学2002级本科培养方案和课程体系改革的举措将100多个本科专业归并为12个学科专业大类,构建前期两年打通培养,后期进行宽口径专业教育的课程体系,为全面推进学分制奠定了基础.     

新文科视域下的日语专业人才培养

学科融合程度不足、文理交叉流于形式是当前日语人才培养过程的顽疾。学科融合、文理交叉、大数据等是后工业时代的新文科建设的关键词。新文科的特点是开放与融合,而产业特征显著的日语人才培养,一方面要推动人才培养体系的开放以实现文理交叉,另一方面要提升教育主客体的互动程度以实现人才培养质量的实质提升。因此,学生的学习选择、课程建设、专业建设的开放求变是新文科背景下高校日语人才培养模式优化的必要条件,通过本科生导师制和研究小组制度提升教师、学生之间的互动,构建多元化的“日语+”人才培养模式提升专业之间的互动,通过面向市场、跨界融合提升专业与行业之间的互动是日语人才培养模式优化的关键策略。     

高职文科生职业能力培养模式的探索与思考

《教育部关于加强高职高专教育人才培养工作的意见》(〔2000〕2号)明确提出:高职高专教育要实现校企"共育人才"的目标,依据这一目标,结合高职文科专业的特点,提出了"校内实训—校企合作—职业鉴定—顶岗就业"这一文科生职业能力培养的模式,力图降低文科生职业能力培养的无序性和模糊性,从而实现高职高专培养高等技术应用性专门人才的目标。     

“自由”人与“自由”知识：西方liberal education概念史研究

liberal arts或liberal education是西方教育史上最重要的概念。但这两个概念又非常复杂,难以把握。本研究试图从概念史的方法入手,将这两个概念的历史分成若干阶段,通过对相关经典文本的解读,把握它们在不同历史阶段的内涵和外延。     

新建本科院校通识教育与专业教育融合模式的思考与实践

新建本科院校加强通识教育与专业教育的融合是教育的本质诉求,是地方新建本科院校顺应社会经济发展的必然选择。文章首先阐述了新建本科院校加强通识教育与专业教育融合的必要性,其次,提出了通过课程体系的整合,校园文化的内涵建设、教学内容、教学方法、教学手段及人才培养途径的改革等,构建适应地方特色的新建本科院校通识教育与专业教育融合的新模式。     

基于“五个一工程”的文科学生专业外语培养探索与实践

本文通过文献研究,以"五个一"项目中的一种专业外语沟通能力为切入点,具体阐述了专业外语教学对人文学生复合竞争力提升的意义,并且分析了专业外语教学的现状,最终提出了对教学措施的改进的探讨研究。     

逻辑学与通识教育

逻辑学通识课的目标是提高受教育者的逻辑思维素养。知识,包括逻辑学专业知识,不会自然地成为逻辑思维素养。与日常逻辑思维相关的是逻辑学知识的传统部分,是传统的形式逻辑以传统的方式覆盖和处理的知识内容。在逻辑思维素养的构成中,相关的逻辑知识以直觉形态存在。逻辑思维素养的差异,不在于对这些知识的掌握程度,而在于这些知识的直觉形态的灵敏度。“逻辑需要的是训练而不是记忆”。逻辑通识课覆盖逻辑知识,但其实质部分是有效的思维训练。案例思考与分析是课程的结点,案例教学是基本方法。数理逻辑（一阶逻辑）不应当是,事实上也从来不是逻辑学通识课。逻辑学通识课的角色一直是由传统形式逻辑承担的。这是传统形式逻辑的历史地位。作为通识课,传统形式逻辑必须改进以取得新的形态。     

Enterprise and Liberal Education

Recent initiatives from the Employment Department in the UK have promoted ‘enterprise education’. This paper discusses the relationship of enterprise education to the more established notion of a liberal education. It is argued that enterprise education should be understood not as replacing the aspirations of a liberal education, but rather as supporting or extending them. It does this (i) by helping pupils to understand what is arguably a significant form of life; (ii) by developing understanding of the economic conditions of our social functioning; and (iii) by developing personal qualities which equip us practically to pursue our chosen paths in a competitive and sometimes hostile world.     

Music in Liberal Studies

Summary

Music appreciation deals with the development and application of that general factor in aesthetic judgments described in the main by Burt and Eysenck. This has little to do with appreciation in terms of the assessments of Wing et al.

For purposes of identification one might describe seven basic approaches in teaching method. Though each method has its place in success, two methods seem to promise the better result. These methods, the ‘Activity’ and the ‘General discriminative’ might be profitably supplemented by the other five.

The effect of a student's appreciation of music is likely to be reflected in his personality and might be termed a measure. It is therefore likely that by studying a student's musical preferences the teacher might better understand his personality which in turn might facilitate sound appreciation of music.     

逻辑学与通识教育

逻辑学通识课的目标是提高受教育者的逻辑思维素养。知识,包括逻辑学专业知识,不会自然地成为逻辑思维素养。与日常逻辑思维相关的是逻辑学知识的传统部分,是传统的形式逻辑以传统的方式覆盖和处理的知识内容。在逻辑思维素养的构成中,相关的逻辑知识以直觉形态存在。逻辑思维素养的差异,不在于对这些知识的掌握程度,而在于这些知识的直觉形态的灵敏度。“逻辑需要的是训练而不是记忆”。逻辑通识课覆盖逻辑知识,但其实质部分是有效的思维训练。案例思考与分析是课程的结点,案例教学是基本方法。数理逻辑（一阶逻辑）不应当是,事实上也从来不是逻辑学通识课。逻辑学通识课的角色一直是由传统形式逻辑承担的。这是传统形式逻辑的历史地位。作为通识课,传统形式逻辑必须改进以取得新的形态。     

通识教育,抑或专业教育的补充?--对北京大学本科生素质教育通选课的分析

北京大学自2000年9月起开设本科生素质教育通选课,这是实践通识教育理念的重要举措。本文参照哈佛大学核心课程,对通选课开设情况进行了详细的分析研究,认为由于受原有专业化教育思想和社会客观环境的影响,通选课并未完全贯彻通识教育理念,或者可以说只是专业教育的一种补充、纠编。     

Kinesiology in the Liberal Arts

Until recently, physical education and the liberal arts have taken divergent courses. The resurgence of the field as a cross-disciplinary study of human movement may revitalize the position of kinesiology in the liberal arts college. This paper assesses the nature of the liberal arts in higher education and suggests ways a kinesiology curriculum may be honed to the specifications of that model. The question of curricular centrality is a vital issue, particularly in times of recessionary budgets. Until a program of study reflects the knowledge objectives and imparts the skills dear to its parent institution, it will remain endangered. As the American Academy of Physical Education and others succeed in pushing open the window of opportunity, we may be greeted by a fresh breeze of intellectual integrity; institutions, each espousing their unique goals, may seek common ground and mutual growth.     

The Liberal Arts in Russia

The article analyzes the applicability of the liberal arts education model to Russian higher education. We describe the distinguishing traits of the model from the points of view of administrators and teachers. We focus on the challenges that the Russian system would face if individual features were thoughtlessly borrowed from this Western system without considering the local context.     

The Effects of Liberal Arts Experiences on Liberal Arts Outcomes

Despite scholars’ praise of liberal arts education as a model form, very little research has examined the actual impact of liberal arts education on learning outcomes. The elaborate rhetoric and anecdotal support, long used to advance liberal arts education as the premier type of education with value for all, is no longer sufficient. The practices and conditions that lead to outcomes of a liberally educated student remain an empirical black box. Guided by the work of Pascarella et al. [2005, Liberal arts colleges and liberal arts education: New evidence on impacts. ASHE Higher Education Report, 31(3)], this study examined the extent to which an institutional ethos, that values student–student and student–faculty interaction within a supportive environment characterized by high expectations for developing the intellectual arts, manifests in the lived experiences of students and predicts the development of outcomes theoretically associated with the liberal arts. Specifically, we investigated the construct and predictive validity of the liberal arts experience scale relative to liberal arts outcomes. Using data from the first phase of the Wabash National Study of Liberal Arts Education, net of student background characteristics and institution attended, we found liberal arts experiences had a positive effect on four of six liberal arts outcomes, including intercultural effectiveness, inclination to inquire and lifelong learning, well-being, and leadership.