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- Title
COHERENCE IN GENERAL EDUCATION: A HISTORICAL LOOK.
- Authors
Boning, Kenneth
- Abstract
The article focuses on topics related to coherence in general education in the U.S. It has been noted that coherence is a major focus of general education reform in the country. However, an examination of the history of higher education indicated that interest in maintaining curricular coherence has fluctuated over the past 200 years. Furthermore, it has been described that the situation of higher education in terms to the result of the investigation as a swinging pendulum that alternates between periods of integration and fragmentation.
- Subjects
UNITED States; EDUCATIONAL change; EDUCATIONAL innovations; GENERAL education; HIGHER education; EDUCATION; GED tests; TECHNICAL education; LITERACY
- Publication
JGE: The Journal of General Education, 2007, Vol 56, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0021-3667
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/jge.2007.0008