ED505 (GR16) M9 - Liberal Arts in Education

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About This Course

This course has an assignment that is due by 11:55 pm Central Standard Time on Wednesday night of the first week of class.  Failure to complete this assignment will result in your removal from the course for non-participation. 

Textbooks

Adler, M. J. (1998). The Paideia proposal. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, Inc. ISBN 9780684841885

Dewey, J. (1997). Experience and education. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, Inc. ISBN 9780684838281

Rothblatt, S. (2003). The living arts: Comparative and historical reflections on liberal education. Washington DC: Association of American Colleges and Universities. ISBN 9780911696936

Course Description

ED505 Liberal Arts in Education. 3 hours. This course requires students to focus on liberal arts once again in their academic studies. Students in this course will build both on their individual broad level of knowledge about education and their mastery of their specific teaching area of expertise or work skills. This course integrates liberal education, professional studies, and specialty studies.

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this course, each student will be able to:

  • Identify the liberal arts that comprise the trivium.
  • Identify the liberal arts that comprise the quadrivium.
  • Provide examples of both support and resistance toward liberal arts emphasis from educational experts.
  • Determine how society has impacted our emphasis of liberal arts in schools.