William M Sullivan

Liberal Learning as a Quest for Purpose

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

What happens when higher education is introduced to the exploration of meaning and purpose? Liberal Learning as a Quest for Purpose analyzes a remarkable experiment¿lasting over a decade and encompassing 88 independent campuses¿to reconfigure undergraduate education as a journey toward life purpose.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9780190499242
• ISBN-10: 0190499249
• Artikelnr.: 47867234

Autorenporträt

William M. Sullivan is a senior scholar at The New American Colleges and Universities, and Visiting Professor at the Center for the Study of Professions at the University College of Oslo and Askershus in Norway.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction: "What Should I Be Doing with My Life?"
Chapter 1: Personal Meaning, Public Purpose
Chapter 2: Grounding Liberal Education
Chapter 3: The Examined Life: Reflection and Practical Wisdom
Chapter 4: Renewing Heritage to Meet the Contemporary Challenge
Chapter 5: How Vocation Integrates: The Virtue of Community
Chapter 6: Recovering Liberal Education's Humanistic Aims
Chapter 7: The Theological Perspective as Educational Resource
Conclusion
Notes
Index