Bibliograph

Beyond reason and tolerance, the purpose and practice of higher education, Robert J. Thompson

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Beyond reason and tolerance, the purpose and practice of higher education, Robert J. Thompson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-191) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Beyond reason and tolerance

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

859298556

Responsibility statement

Robert J. Thompson

Sub title

the purpose and practice of higher education

Summary

"Beyond Reason and Tolerance argues that to prepare students to engage political, ethnic, and religious differences, higher education must adopt a developmental model for a formative and liberal undergraduate education as a process of growth involving empathy as well as reasoning, values as well as knowledge, and identity as well as competencies"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Preface -- 1. American Higher Education in the Twenty-First Century -- 2. Emerging Adulthood: A Developmental Science Perspective -- 3. Personal Epistemology -- 4. Empathy -- 5. Identity and the Process of Self-Authorship -- 6. Campus Culture: Developing the Capacities to Constructively Engage Difference -- 7. Providing a Formative Undergraduate Liberal Education

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