General Education Essentials: A Guide for College Faculty

by Paul Hanstedt

Overview

Supplying an insightful introduction to current trends in general education reform, this second edition of General Education Essentials: A Guide to College Faculty gives an important, timely overview of general education curricular design.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781642674859
Publisher:	Taylor & Franics
Publication date:	02/05/2024
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	204
Sales rank:	684,107
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Paul Hanstedt is a professor of English and Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Innovation at the University of Minnesota Rochester, USA.

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Table of Contents

Foreword xi

About the Author xv

Acknowledgments xvii

Introduction 1

PART ONE: THE BIG PICTURE 9

1 Structuring General Education 11

2 Some Examples of Integrative Curricular Models 25

PART TWO: GENERAL EDUCATION AT THE COURSE LEVEL 43

3 Designing Effective General Education Courses 45

4 How the Purposes of General Education Can Reshape a Course: Case Studies 54

PART THREE: GENERAL EDUCATION AT THE ASSIGNMENT AND ASSESSMENT LEVEL 73

5 Designing Appropriate Assignments for General Education 75

6 The Chapter You May Want to Skip: Institutional Assessment and General Education 94

Conclusion 107

Appendix A: Syllabus for Artistic and Literary Responses to Science and Technology 109

Appendix B: Syllabus for The Way Things Work: Sky Diving and Deep Sea Diving 117

Appendix C: Syllabus for Traveling Without Leaving: Global Sociology 125

Appendix D: Syllabus for Elite Deviance: Crime in the Suites 137

Appendix E: Syllabus for Does Gun Control Save Lives? 145

Appendix F: Syllabus for Statistics and Botany 151

References 157

Index 161

What People are Saying About This

Jerry Gaff

"There are so many things I could say about this book:

• It is THE ONE BOOK for academics to get up to speed about reforming general education.
• It is written by a faculty member for faculty members who aspire to educational leadership.
• It is written in the language, and with the perspectives, of faculty.
• It is an excellent primer—short, easy to read, and eminently useful.
• Faculty leaders should be required to read this book before speaking publicly about curriculum change.
• Academic administrators ought to buy a copy for every faculty member serving on a general education review or revision committee."

–Jerry Gaff, Senior Scholar at the Association of American Colleges and Universities

Editorial Reviews

"This is THE ONE BOOK for academics to get up to speed about reforming general education."

Jerry Gaff, Senior Scholar, Association of American Colleges and Universities, USA

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