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Direct linkERIC Number: EJ1030790
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 7
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ISSN: ISSN-0271-0560
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Changing How We Think about the Goals of Higher Education
Hanson, Chad
New Directions for Higher Education, n166 p7-13 Sum 2014
In the past 20 years, scholars and practitioners have committed to measuring the cognitive outcomes of education. In this chapter, the author assesses the movement that focuses on cognition, to the exclusion of other outcomes. An identity-based framework is offered as an alternative.
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Educational Objectives, Outcomes of Education, Cognitive Development, Identification (Psychology), Academic Achievement, Role of Education, Higher Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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