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Tiêu đề

Liberal learning as freedom: A capabilities approach to undergraduate education

Tác giả

Garnett Jr. R.F.

Năm xuất bản

2009

Source title

Studies in Philosophy and Education

Số trích dẫn

DOI

10.1007/s11217-009-9126-6

Liên kết

https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-70449592043&doi=10.1007%2fs11217-009-9126-6&partnerID=40&md5=9bcc31711486d505ac7d69c522261cf1

Tóm tắt

In this paper, I employ the pioneering works of Nussbaum, Sen, Saito, and Walker, in conjunction with the U.S. tradition of academic freedom, to outline a capability-centered vision of undergraduate education. Pace Nussbaum and Walker, I propose a short list of learning capabilities to which every undergraduate student should be entitled. This working definition of undergraduate education offers a starting point for discussion and experimentation. I employ it here to engage the current controversy in U.S. colleges and universities over the nature, value, and legitimacy of undergraduate students' academic freedoms. In contrast to the anti-indoctrination emphasis of David Horowitz's Academic Bill of Rights, I argue that students' academic freedoms can be more effectively secured through the articulation of "essential freedoms for liberal learning" whose principal focus is not the behavior or political affiliations of teachers but the intellectual needs and circumstances of students. © 2009 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.

Từ khóa

Academic freedom; Capabilities; Higher education; Intellectual autonomy; Liberal education

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