2nd Edition
General Education Essentials A Guide for College Faculty
Supplying an insightful introduction to current trends in general education reform, this second edition of General Education Essentials: A Guide for College Faculty gives an important, timely overview of general education curricular design.
General education curricula provide students with the intellectual flexibility they need to adapt thoughtfully and productively to the rapid changes of the workplace and the world at large. This book offers methods for engaging in curricular reform efforts that support university culture and teachers and examines the implications of general education reform in the classroom, with a keen eye toward syllabi, course content, and student work. By expertly blending theory with curricular ideas for implementation, this text offers an impactful illustration of the shift from distributive to integrative to high impact models of general education.
Featuring plentiful examples from a variety of fields and disciplines, this book is essential reading for any higher education faculty member tasked with equipping students with the skills they need to become perceptive scholars and productive citizens.
A Co-Publication with AAC&U
Part 1: The Big Picture 1. Gen Ed 2.0: Integrative Models 2. Gen Ed 3.0: High Impact Models Part 2: General Education at the Course Level 3. Designing Effective General Education Courses 4. How the Purposes of General Education Can Reshape a Course Part 3: General Education at the Assignment Level 5. Designing Appropriate Assignments for General Education Part 4: Structuring an Effective Revision Process 6. Leading Gen Ed Conversations: An Overview and the Early Stages 7. Leading Gen Ed Conversations: Developing Models Curricular Models 8. Leading Gen Ed Conversations: Deciding on and Implementing A New Model 9. Creating Meaningful Assessment of General Education Conclusion
Biography
Paul Hanstedt is a professor of English and Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Innovation at the University of Minnesota Rochester, USA.
"This is THE ONE BOOK for academics to get up to speed about reforming general education."
Jerry Gaff, Senior Scholar, Association of American Colleges and Universities, USA
