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ERIC Number: EJ219739
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1980
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Education Today: A Diagnostic.
West, Thomas G.
Improving College and University Teaching, v28 n1 p3-7 Win 1980
Contemporary viewpoints regarding education tend to fall into two groups; utilitarian--education as training in specific, useful expertise; and humanistic--education for the formation of good taste and the appreciation of beauty. This first article in a three-part series critiques both concepts and argues that both are deficient. (JMD)
Descriptors: Academic Education, Aesthetic Education, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy, Higher Education, Humanistic Education, Philosophy, Relevance (Education)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Classical Education