A partir del presente año académico, recién inagurado, la Universidad de Harvard ofrece su nuevo programa de educación general, tras una revisión que se completó el año 2007 y la aprobación de un nuevo currículo de cursos que ahora empiezan a ofrecerse.
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Este tema –como señalamos en un anterior posting sobre el tema de la formación general— interesa especialmente en chile a aquellas instituciones y académicos que buscan implementar, en nuestro sistema, un concepto de educación general universitaria, por distintas que sean las condiciones allá y acá.
Índice
Preface (leer más abajo)
I. The Reason for General Education 1
II. The Goals of the General Education Curriculum 5
III. The General Education Curriculum 7
A. Requirements 7
B. Pedagogy 9
C. Subject Area Descriptions 10
1. Aesthetic and Interpretive Understanding 10
2. Culture and Belief 11
3. Empirical Reasoning 12
4. Ethical Reasoning 13
5. Science of Living Systems 14
6. Science of the Physical Universe 15
7. Societies of the World 16
8. The United States in the World 17
IV. Activity-Based Learning: An Initiative 19
V. Implementation 21
A. Course Development 21
B. Administration 21
C. Graduate Teaching 23
Conclusion 25
The Task Force on General Education 27
Prefacio
This report describes a new program of general education at Harvard College—the set of requirements, outside the concentration, that all students must meet before they can receive a Harvard degree. We believe that the program complements ongoing initiatives in undergraduate education: changes in the concentrations and the creation of secondary fields; the mounting of new courses in the sciences and humanities; efforts to renew and reward faculty commitments to teaching and pedagogical innovation; and the many opportunities Harvard offers for extracurricular experiences that can be linked to learning in the formal curriculum. The ambition of the program of general education we describe in this report is to enable undergraduates to put all the learning they are doing at Harvard, outside as well as inside the classroom, in the context of the people they will be and the lives they will lead after college.
In the pages that follow, we propose:
• a new rationale for general education at Harvard;
• eight subject areas for courses in general education;
• new guidelines for determining which courses may be used for general education, allowing students more choice in finding ways to satisfy their requirements;
• wider adoption of innovative pedagogical techniques in general education courses and throughout the curriculum;
• an activity-based learning initiative to explore procedures for linking extracurricular activities to the classroom experience.
General education is one distinct component of a liberal education, and it is effective only when the other components of the undergraduate experience are working in concert with it. In conjunction with our proposals for general education, we therefore enthusiastically support ongoing efforts by our Faculty to promote:
• a fresh examination of the structure and requirements of the concentrations;
• a broader commitment by concentrations to instruction in written and oral communication;
• the development of more departmental electives that meet the needs and interests of non-concentrators;
• the further development of interdisciplinary and divisional courses and the creation of nimble administrative structures to support them;
• opportunities for increased contact between undergraduates and ladder faculty.
Our Task Force has had the advantage of looking back over the history of the Harvard College Curricular Review; we have also observed the many fresh initiatives in teaching and learning that are currently underway in Harvard College. The Faculty is making great progress in revitalizing the undergraduate experience. We have undertaken our work in a spirit of partnership with these enterprises, and we hope that our proposals will make some contribution toward bringing all of this good work into focus.
Recusos asociados
Universidad de Harcard, Formación General
Universidad de Harvard, Cursos de Formación General
Universidad de Harvard, Enseñanza en la Formación General