02381nam a22003252u 4500 5487210 BD-DhUL 20170420144120.0 he u||024|||| 080220s1988 xxu ||| b ||| | eng d 9780911696417 : $7.00 0911696415 : $7.00 ED290387 ERIC ericd eng BD-DhUL BD-DhUL 378.01 NEW mfm Association of American Colleges, Washington, DC. A New Vitality in General Education. Planning, Teaching, and Supporting Effective Liberal Learning by the Task Group on General Education [microform]. [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1988. 64 p. Availability: Association of American Colleges, 1818 R Street, NW, Washington, DC 20009 ($7.00 single copy; 20-100 copies, $5.00 per copy; 100 or more, $4.00 per copy; prepaid). ericd Sponsoring Agency: Johnson Foundation, Inc., Racine, WI. ericd Sponsoring Agency: EXXON Education Foundation, New York, NY. ericd The rationale, purposes, and scope of general education are considered, along with issues of implementation, and specifically effective ways of planning programs and courses, teaching them, and supporting them. Examples of good educational practice are provided, as well as suggestions for future improvements. A section on planning effective general education considers content, essential skills, creating new courses and programs, and integrating content and inquiry. A new definition of teaching is offered, and attention is directed to active learning, assessing student progress, and enlisting students as coinquirers. The following topics concerning institutional support are addressed: changing the environment, integrating commuter students, improving residential life, expanding cross-cultural experiences, creating cross-disciplinary seminars, organizing campus think tanks, assessing programs, assuring administrative support, and revitalizing general education. (SW) Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive. Advisory Committees. ericd Association of American Colleges, Washington, DC. ddc BK ANL mc 2253 ED290387 77000000294930 189844 189844 0 0 ddc 0 378_010000000000000_NEW 1 REF 326281 DUL DUL ASC 2017-04-20 Gift 378.01 NEW 366462 2017-04-20 2017-04-20 BK