Social Change Tops Classic Books in Professors’ Teaching Priorities
Posted by on March 23, 2009
Social Change Tops Classic Books in Professors’ Teaching Priorities
By ROBIN WILSON
A new national survey of faculty members shows that the proportion of professors who believe it is very important to teach undergraduates to become “agents of social change” is substantially larger than the proportion who believe it is important to teach students the classic works of Western civilization.
According to the survey, 57.8 percent of professors believe it is important to encourage undergraduates to become agents of social change, whereas only 34.7 percent said teaching them the classics is very important. Observers say the difference results from influences as diverse as conservative criticisms of curriculum and Barack Obama’s call for social activism during his presidential campaign.
Read more at: http://chronicle.com/daily/2009/03/12955n.htm
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