{"product_id":"general-education-essentials-9781118321850","title":"General Education Essentials","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOffers an overview of and a rationale for the shift in general education curricular design, a sense of how this shift can affect a faculty member's teaching, and an understanding of how all of this might impact course and student assessment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Author xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART ONE: THE BIG PICTURE 9\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Structuring General Education 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Some Examples of Integrative Curricular Models 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART TWO: GENERAL EDUCATION AT THE COURSE LEVEL 43\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Designing Effective General Education Courses 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 How the Purposes of General Education Can Reshape a Course: Case Studies 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART THREE: GENERAL EDUCATION AT THE ASSIGNMENT AND ASSESSMENT LEVEL 73\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Designing Appropriate Assignments for General Education 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Chapter You May Want to Skip: Institutional Assessment and General Education 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix A: Syllabus for Artistic and Literary Responses to Science and Technology 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix B: Syllabus for The Way Things Work: Sky Diving and Deep Sea Diving 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix C: Syllabus for Traveling Without Leaving: Global Sociology 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix D: Syllabus for Elite Deviance: Crime in the Suites 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix E: Syllabus for Does Gun Control Save Lives? 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix F: Syllabus for Statistics and Botany 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 161\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406851121495,"sku":"9781118321850","price":29.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781118321850.jpg?v=1730497340","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/general-education-essentials-9781118321850","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}