What Knowledge Is Most Worth Knowing?.

Hansen, W. Lee

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ERIC Number: EJ418499

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Publication Date: 1990

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What Knowledge Is Most Worth Knowing?

Hansen, W. Lee

Liberal Education, v73 n4 p22-25 Sep-Oct 1990

The article proposes a list of expected proficiencies for graduating economics majors in the following areas: gaining access to existing knowledge; displaying command of existing knowledge; displaying ability to draw out existing knowledge; utilizing existing knowledge; and creating new knowledge. Questions of evaluation, curriculum development, and faculty support are addressed. (DB)

Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Economics, General Education, Higher Education, Knowledge Level, Majors (Students), Student Educational Objectives, Student Evaluation

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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