What is the point of general education? by Amy Michelle Becker https://padlet.com/ab2514/id8jenwwfb38so4r en-us 2025-10-06 15:53:15 UTC 2025-10-07 15:19:19 UTC hello@padlet.com Use the + sign in the bottom right corner to create a virtual post-it note! ab2514 https://padlet.com/ab2514/id8jenwwfb38so4r/wish/3620266954 Write your comments in the note. You can move the note around the board. You may create as many individual notes as you wish.

]]> 2025-10-06 15:55:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ab2514/id8jenwwfb38so4r/wish/3620266954 Test af3359 https://padlet.com/ab2514/id8jenwwfb38so4r/wish/3621877645 2025-10-07 13:45:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ab2514/id8jenwwfb38so4r/wish/3621877645 https://padlet.com/ab2514/id8jenwwfb38so4r/wish/3621877920 build foundational skills useful across all disciplines

]]> 2025-10-07 13:45:29 UTC https://padlet.com/ab2514/id8jenwwfb38so4r/wish/3621877920 curiosity, adaptability, and courage https://padlet.com/ab2514/id8jenwwfb38so4r/wish/3621878879 to cultivate cross-disciplinary capacities for living with others

]]> 2025-10-07 13:45:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ab2514/id8jenwwfb38so4r/wish/3621878879 What is the point of general education? https://padlet.com/ab2514/id8jenwwfb38so4r/wish/3621879002 Prepare students for life after college.

]]> 2025-10-07 13:45:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ab2514/id8jenwwfb38so4r/wish/3621879002 Consistency https://padlet.com/ab2514/id8jenwwfb38so4r/wish/3621881332 to ensure that all graduates have a shared set of skills and knowledge of general concepts that define their undergraduate experience

]]> 2025-10-07 13:47:02 UTC https://padlet.com/ab2514/id8jenwwfb38so4r/wish/3621881332 https://padlet.com/ab2514/id8jenwwfb38so4r/wish/3621881433 To Increase the breadth of knowledge and prepare more well-rounded individuals.


]]> 2025-10-07 13:47:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ab2514/id8jenwwfb38so4r/wish/3621881433 https://padlet.com/ab2514/id8jenwwfb38so4r/wish/3621881678 More of the point of liberal arts: Teach students to ask and answer questions that we can't imagine yet.

]]> 2025-10-07 13:47:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ab2514/id8jenwwfb38so4r/wish/3621881678 https://padlet.com/ab2514/id8jenwwfb38so4r/wish/3621884256 To give students the ability to communicate their work in whatever field they end up working in.

]]> 2025-10-07 13:48:20 UTC https://padlet.com/ab2514/id8jenwwfb38so4r/wish/3621884256 https://padlet.com/ab2514/id8jenwwfb38so4r/wish/3621885181 to cultivate the ability to pursue and enjoy fields of endeavor outside a vocational objective

]]> 2025-10-07 13:48:49 UTC https://padlet.com/ab2514/id8jenwwfb38so4r/wish/3621885181 https://padlet.com/ab2514/id8jenwwfb38so4r/wish/3621885946 So students learn about other communities they will encounter.

]]> 2025-10-07 13:49:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ab2514/id8jenwwfb38so4r/wish/3621885946 https://padlet.com/ab2514/id8jenwwfb38so4r/wish/3621886758 to be able to think critically and flexibly about one's areas of specialization from another('s) perspective

]]> 2025-10-07 13:49:33 UTC https://padlet.com/ab2514/id8jenwwfb38so4r/wish/3621886758 Critical thinking, formal expression, interdisciplinary perspective, intercultural understanding, awareness of the ethical and social consequences of knowledge and action, breadth, depth https://padlet.com/ab2514/id8jenwwfb38so4r/wish/3621889685 2025-10-07 13:50:51 UTC https://padlet.com/ab2514/id8jenwwfb38so4r/wish/3621889685 Tradition https://padlet.com/ab2514/id8jenwwfb38so4r/wish/3621890436 To continue the long tradition of critical discourse, modes of learning, and inquiry

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