Valuing Useless Knowledge

An Anthropological Inquiry into the Meaning of Liberal Education

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Education & Teaching, Educational Theory, Philosophy & Social Aspects
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Author: Robert Bates Graber ISBN: 9781612480817
Publisher: Truman State University Press Publication: September 1, 2012
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Robert Bates Graber
ISBN: 9781612480817
Publisher: Truman State University Press
Publication: September 1, 2012
Imprint:
Language: English
With higher education coming under increasing scrutiny in today's economic climate, is a liberal-arts education still a valuable investment? Robert Bates Graber explores the historical, philosophical, and sociological origins and nature of liberal education, and draws on anthropology to show why we do, and why we should, value education that appears impractical. The premise remains as in the original 1995 edition, but the argument is strengthened and the discussion expanded. Graced by a foreword from Truman President Troy Paino, this new edition is even more enlightening, more provocative, anddare we saymore useful than the original!
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With higher education coming under increasing scrutiny in today's economic climate, is a liberal-arts education still a valuable investment? Robert Bates Graber explores the historical, philosophical, and sociological origins and nature of liberal education, and draws on anthropology to show why we do, and why we should, value education that appears impractical. The premise remains as in the original 1995 edition, but the argument is strengthened and the discussion expanded. Graced by a foreword from Truman President Troy Paino, this new edition is even more enlightening, more provocative, anddare we saymore useful than the original!

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