Rethinking the Curriculum: Toward an Integrated, Interdisciplinary College Education.

Abstract

Preface Introduction by Mary E. Clark and Sandra A. Wawrytko Making the Connections: The Search for Our Common Humanity by Ernest L. Boyer Assumptions About the Progress of Knowledge Hyperintelligence: Humankind's Next Evolutionary Step by George Bugliarello Why Smartness Is Not Enough by Mary Midgley Paradigms and Progress: Integrating Knowledge and Education for the Twenty-First Century by William J. Reckmeyer A Critical Look at the Disciplines The Limitations of Political Theory for Analyzing Conflict by Richard E. Rubenstein Will the Real Economy Please Stand Up? by Hazel Henderson Escaping the Overspecialization Trap: Creating Incentives for a Transdisciplinary Synthesis by Robert Costanza Constructive Linking: Towards a Matrix Approach in Higher Education by Terrence H. White The Value Content of Education The Central Curricular Issue of Our Age by Huston Smith Toward a Creative East-West Dialogue in Moral Education and Value Orientation by Charles Wei-hsun Fu Asking the Right Questions: Education as Dialogue on Social Values by Frances Moore Lappe Alternative Visions Not Currently Taught The Need for Global Education by Robert W. Malone Forgotten Fundamentals of Steady Growth by Albert A. Bartlett Visioning a Peaceful World by Johan Galtung Why Not a Separate College of Integrated Studies? by Russel W. Peterson Developing the New Curriculum Cutting the Gordian Knot: Secrets of Successful Curricular Integration by David McFarland and Benjamin F. Taggie How Do We Know What We Have Done? Assessment and Faculty Development within a Learning Community by James C. Manley and Nancy Ware What to Do Next: Strategies for Change by William H. Newell Bibliography Index