Monday, June 15, 2009

I REALLY like this talk

To continue our discussion on education, here is a TED video from Liz Coleman, president of Bennington College. Her talk is an extremely well articulated critique of liberal arts education as it stands today, and the pressing need to drastically redesign it. Most potent for me was her call to de-emphasize the expert and their niche specialization of knowledge in favor of a cross-disciplinary education and to re-emphasis the teaching of civic engagement and the distinction between right and wrong.
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  1. holy rollerJuly 24, 2009 at 9:09 PM

    I love this. So what do we do to change this?

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  2. holy rollerJuly 24, 2009 at 9:10 PM

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  3. holy rollerJuly 24, 2009 at 9:10 PM

    also, read Bloom: The Closing of the American Mind. It echos much of this, taken from a philosophical perspective

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  4. CarissaAugust 5, 2009 at 9:06 PM

    Haha, you and that book! I've really got to get on that :)

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