Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Harmony Betwixt General Education and Accounting
"Harmonizing General Education Programs in Career and Professional Curricula"
Prager, Carolyn
The thrust here was an accounting school that was attempting to harmonize its offerings with general education (1). Prager makes an observation that A.A. degree schools usually have 25%-33% of offerings devoted to general education, while four-year schools usually require 40%-50% of total hours be taken in general education courses (2).
"Less is not more in matters of general learning," according to Prager (3). She goes on to make a strong argument that hiding behind accreditation requirements in order to offer little general education is not defensible based on accrediting standards, She uses health occupations and health science to make the point (4). She also argues that general education is more than just communication and critical thinking courses.
Faculty, Prager says, should be not be expected to teach writing, but rather "to facilitate writing" (6).
Prager, Carolyn
The thrust here was an accounting school that was attempting to harmonize its offerings with general education (1). Prager makes an observation that A.A. degree schools usually have 25%-33% of offerings devoted to general education, while four-year schools usually require 40%-50% of total hours be taken in general education courses (2).
"Less is not more in matters of general learning," according to Prager (3). She goes on to make a strong argument that hiding behind accreditation requirements in order to offer little general education is not defensible based on accrediting standards, She uses health occupations and health science to make the point (4). She also argues that general education is more than just communication and critical thinking courses.
Faculty, Prager says, should be not be expected to teach writing, but rather "to facilitate writing" (6).
# posted by Bob Harrison @ 9:57 PM 
