Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ419239
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1990
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The Liberal Arts: Will More Result in Better Subject Matter Understanding?
McDiarmid, G. Williamson
Theory into Practice, v29 n1 p21-29 Win 1990
Discusses the Holmes Group's recommendation to abolish undergraduate degrees in education and require liberal arts majors for teachers and examines ways to teach students subject matter so they see connections between the disciplines, between the subject matter and the world, and between their lives and the subject matter. (SM)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Core Curriculum, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Excellence in Education, General Education, Higher Education, Liberal Arts, Preservice Teacher Education, Student Development, Teacher Education Curriculum, Teaching Methods, Undergraduate Study
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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