The Idea and Practice of General Education: An Account of the College of the University of Chicago

by F. Champion Ward

Book Overview

Written by members of the faculty at the College of the University of Chicago, this book provides a comprehensive account of one of the most significant and successful experiments in the field of education. In 1931, the faculty undertook to determine the essentials of a general education and to devise an integrated system of essential courses that students were required to take. This book discusses that innovative curriculum and method, and includes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226100790
• ISBN13: 9780226100791
• Release Date: March 1992
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"