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Tiêu đề
The Educated or the Trained: Analyzing Engineering Majors’ Perceptions of General Education
Tác giả
Tichavakunda A.A.
Năm xuất bản
2020
Source title
Journal of General Education
Số trích dẫn
0
DOI
10.5325/jgeneeduc.69.3-4.0251
Liên kết
Tóm tắt
The author uses ethnographic data from a project at one institution of higher education to analyze the culture surrounding general education from students in an occupational-professional major. This study provides qualitative insight into the culture of general education by studying how a group of engineering majors at one institution view their general education curriculum. The author demonstrated how institutional policies as well as students’ rigorous course requirements structured a culture of disregard toward the general education curriculum. Findings also highlight the tension between the liberal arts and professional programs of study. © 2022 The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA.
Từ khóa
Culture; Engineers; Ethnography; General education; Liberal arts; Qualitative; Sensemaking
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Penn State University Press
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Scopus