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ERIC Number: EJ443098
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-8756-7555
A Hirschean Approach to the Content of Core.
Reedy, Jeremiah
College Teaching, v40 n1 p29-32 Win 1992
It is proposed that the college core curriculum should provide students with the background to understand magazines and books read by culturally literate, college graduates. As an example, Allan Bloom's "The Closing of the American Mind" is examined for important themes, language, and historical and cultural figures. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Instruction, Core Curriculum, Course Content, Curriculum Design, General Education, Higher Education, Instructional Materials, Music, Philosophy, Politics, Popular Culture, Reading Materials, Social Sciences, World History
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Closing of the American Mind