| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Education innovation series |
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Springer education innovation book series.
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| Contents |
1 Liberal arts education: Changes, challenges and choices -- Part I: Interdisciplinary approaches to curriculum development -- 2 The core curriculum: An analysis of liberal arts colleges in Asia, North America and Europe -- 3 Implementing ⁰́Week 7⁰́₊ at Yale-NUS College, Singapore: A pedagogical experiment beyond disciplinary boundaries -- 4 Interdisciplinary curriculum and leadership education: The case of Flame University, India -- Part II: Creative ways to integrate key values of liberal arts across subject areas -- 5 Theme-based teaching and interdisciplinary learning: A case study at Amsterdam College, the Netherlands -- 6 Technology-enhanced approaches to the development of intercultural sensitivity in a collaborative language program: A Japanese-Korean Case -- 7 The role of English language teaching for liberal arts education in non-English speaking countries -- 8 Promoting intercultural communication and critical thinking: The impact of intergroup dialogue (IDG) courses at Hope College, USA -- Part III: Diversity and inclusion -- 9 Policies and practices of diversity and inclusion in liberal arts colleges -- 10 Policies and practices of diversity and inclusion in liberal arts colleges -- 11 Meeting strategic gender needs: The case of Asian University for Women, Bangladesh -- 12 Cross cultural learning within a counseling program: The case of Handong Global University, South Korea -- 13 Liberal arts education based on the Jesuit Catholic mission: The case of Sophia University, Japan -- Part IV: Research, evaluation and evidence-based policy making -- 14 Evidence-based policy and decision making at liberal arts colleges: What are they measuring up? -- 15 Institutional research to support planning, decision-making and teaching and learning at Pomona College, USA -- 16 Evaluating study-abroad outcomes: A case of Middlebury College, USA -- 17 Evaluating the General Education System at Yonsei University, South Korea -- 18 Lessons for the future: A conceptual model and practical guidelines |
| Summary |
This book examines and shares concrete and specific strategies and policies for doing liberal arts education in a wide range of contexts. It deepens readers' understanding of the processes of adopting interdisciplinary and cross-cultural approaches to the development and teaching of liberal arts courses, integrating diversity and inclusion in policies and practices of liberal arts education, and institutionalizing evidence-based policy making. Moreover, it provides educators and policymakers with practical guidelines on how to incorporate core values of liberal arts education |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Education, Humanistic.
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Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives.
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Education, Humanistic -- Case studies
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Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives
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Education, Humanistic
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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Case studies.
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Études de cas.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Nishimura, Mikiko, editor.
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Sasao, Toshiaki, editor
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| ISBN |
9811328773 |
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9789811328787 |
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9811328781 |
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9789811328770 |
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