Orientation to College : A Reader on Becoming an Educated Person

Preface ix Introduction: On Becoming an Educated Person 1(1) The Educated Person 2(9) Thomas B. Jones About this Book and Thinking About How to Use it 5(6) The Purposes of College 11(32) Introduction: What Is College? 11(5) Two Essential Goals 16(3) Ernest L. Boyer The Baccalaureate Degree: What Does It Mean? What Should It Mean? 19(6) Howard R. Bowen What Does Society Need from Higher Education? 25(4) David R. Pierce What Does Society Need from Higher Education? 29(4) Robert H. Atwell The Educated Person: A Changing Ideal 33(5) Henry J. Perkinson Universities and Their Function 38(5) Alfred North Whitehead Summary 40(3) The Role of the Liberal Arts in a College Education 43(28) Introduction: Joining the Academic Conversation 43(2) The Earthly Use of a Liberal Education 45(4) A. Bartlett Giamatti What Is an Idea? 49(4) Wayne C. Booth The Liberal Studies 53(3) Carey W. Brush The Purposes of Liberal Education 56(3) Henry Rosovsky Beyond the Machine: Liberal Education for an Information Society 59(4) Bruce E. Strasser Having a Degree and Being Educated 63(8) Edmund D. Pellegrino Summary 68(3) Education and the Idea of Culture 71(26) Introduction: The Meanings of Culture 71(2) Beyond Tribalism 73(5) Laurent A. Daloz Cultural Literacy 78(3) Alan C. Purves An Educated and Culturally Literate Person Must Study America's Multicultural Reality 81(3) Ronald Takaki Multicultural Education for Freedom's Sake 84(4) James A. Banks Diversity, Community, and the University 88(4) Joan Wallach Scott Defining a Global Perspective 92(5) Rita Weathersby Summary 95(2) Education and Personal Development 97(32) Introduction: Learning and Self 97(2) Erikson's Eight Stages of Life 99(7) David Elkind Maslow's Theory of Self-Actualization 106(4) Gerald Corey Marianne Schneider Corey The Life Structure and Its Development in Adulthood 110(4) Daniel Levinson Life Stages and Learning Interests 114(6) Rita Weathersby Individual Identity versus Identity Confusion 120(9) Barbara M. Newman Philip R. Newman Summary 126(3) Thinking and Learning 129(30) Introduction: The Discovery of Meaning 129(2) Learning and Brain Development National Research Council 131(3) Learning from Everyday Experience 134(4) Robert M. Smith Developmental Foundations of Critical Thinking 138(5) Joanne Gainen Kurfiss Learning to Make Reflective Judgments 143(5) Patricia King Changing Concepts of Learning 148(5) Graham Gibbs Peak Learning: The Flow State 153(6) Ronald Gross Summary 156(3) Learning How to Learn 159(28) Introduction: Ways of Learning 159(2) Your Preferred Learning Style 161(6) Arthur W. Chickering Nancy K. Schlossberg Competence in Self-Directed Learning 167(3) Malcolm S. Knowles Exploring Self-Directedness in Learning 170(2) Stephen D. Brookfield The Learning Group 172(3) Robert M. Smith Collaborative Learning 175(4) Kenneth A. Bruffee Team Learning, Dialogue, and Discussion 179(8) Peter Senge Summary 183(4) Education and Work 187(27) Introduction: Becoming Employable 187(1) Report of the Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills 188(4) U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration 21st Century Workplace Trends and Their Implications 192(5) Joseph H. Boyett Liberal Education and a New Generation of Corporate Leadership 197(4) Michael Useem Holland's Theory of Vocational Personalities and Environments 201(5) Nancy J. Evans Deanna S. Forney Florence Guido-DiBrito Liberal Education, Work, and Human Development 206(8) Arthur W. Chickering Summary 212(2) Conclusion 214(2) Bibliography 216(5) Index 221