Cultivating Inquiry-Driven Learners

A College Education for the Twenty-First Century

Clifton Conrad author Laura Dunek author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press

Published:10th Aug '12

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This book revitalizes the notion of a 'well-rounded' education by describing how inquiry-driven learning is critically important for these times. It is the sort of foundational text that invites discussion and debate and describes with clarity and economy of prose the pressures facing colleges and universities and how they ought to respond. -- Matthew Hartley, University of Pennsylvania

Examples illustrate possibilities for developing inquiry-driven learners across the curriculum and are drawn from institutions with remarkably different missions and identities-from research universities to liberal arts colleges.Inquiry-driven learners anticipate, embrace, and adapt to disruptive change. Clifton Conrad and Laura Dunek advance a transformative purpose of a college education. They invite stakeholders from across higher education to engage in vigorous dialogue about the aims of a college education - and how to realize those aims. Increasingly influenced by market forces, many universities employ a default purpose of a college education: preparing students for entry into the workforce. As a result, students remain unprepared for a world in which much of the knowledge they acquire will have a shelf life of only a few years. "Cultivating Inquiry-Driven Learners" charts a new way forward. It proposes that a college education prepare students to be innovative and adaptable by developing four signature capabilities: core qualities of mind, critical thinking skills, expertise in divergent modes of inquiry, and the capacity to express and communicate ideas. In concert, these capabilities empower students to explore and foster ideas that will prepare them to successfully navigate constant change, capitalize on career opportunities, enrich their personal lives, and thoughtfully engage in public life. This innovative book also explores a wide range of initiatives and practices for educating inquiry-driven learners. Examples illustrate possibilities for developing inquiry-driven learners across the curriculum and are drawn from institutions with remarkably different missions and identities - from research universities to liberal arts colleges.

An interesting, thoughtful, stimulating book.

* Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education *

Cultivating Inquiry-Driven Learners is a thoroughly and deftly-argued work. [It is] an impassioned book, one written with a sense of urgency that fulfills its introductory mandate as a book written out of fire. It is also a highly disciplined work whose readers will find its content both rewarding and relevant. Editor' Pick.

* Administrative Issues Journ

ISBN: 9781421405988

Dimensions: 216mm x 140mm x 16mm

Weight: 295g

152 pages