Experiences in Liberal Arts and Science Education from America, Europe, and Asia A Dialogue across Continents /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kirby, William C. (Editor), van der Wende, Marijk C. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
• Subjects: Education.; International education.; Comparative education.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Science education.; International and Comparative Education.; Educational Policy and Politics.; Science Education.

This book highlights the experiences of international leaders in liberal arts and science education from around the world as they discuss regional trends and models, with a specific focus on developments in and cooperation with China. Focusing on why this model responds to the twenty-first century r...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1 A Global Dialogue on Liberal Arts and Sciences: Re-Engagement, Re-Imagination and Experimentation
• Chapter 2 Toward a Nationally Integrated Liberal Studies University Model for the Mid-Twenty-First Century: The Case of the Chinese Mainland and Hong Kong
• Chapter 3 The Significance and Practice of Liberal Education in China
• Chapter 4 Innovation in Liberal Education
• Chapter 5 New Liberal Arts and Science Institutions in India and Singapore: The Role of STEM Education
• Chapter 6 Polymathy, New Generalism, and the Future of Work: A Little Theory and some Practice from UCL’s Arts and Sciences BASc Degree
• Chapter 7 University College Freiburg: Towards a New Unity of Research and Teaching in Academia
• Chapter 9 The Liberal Arts and the University. Tracing the Origins and Structure of Undergraduate Education in the US and at the University Of California
• Chapter 10 Transcending Boundaries: Educational Trajectories, Subject Domains and Skills Demands. <.