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Date: Sun, 19 Jan 1997 16:45:36 -0400 (EDT)
From: ARCH MCCALLUM
Subject: Group 1 "final" goals
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Report of Inquiry Group 1:

Thanks in part to Todd Grantham's email on values education, Group 1 agreed to disagree on this issue at length. We decided at our first meeting, on Jan. 15, 1997, to produce wording for Knowledge and Skills goals before tackling values. In fact we had a hearty discussion of values when a member proposed that setting and achieving goals should be included as a skill of an educate person. Here, therefore, are our K and S goals. We didn't get to values.

K-I
To acquire basic knowledge of the arts, humanities, mathematics, and the natural and social sciences, the languages which define and convey this knowledge, and the relationships among these branches of knowledge.

K-II
To develop an understanding of economic, ethical, philosophical, political, scientific and social issues -- their origins and implications.

K-III
To acquire understanding of the diversity of cultures, the natural world, and their relationships.

S-I
A liberally educated person should be able to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, in English and another language
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S-II
A liberally educated person should be skilled in the methods of scholarly inquiry, including critical thinking, problem solving, scientific research, and historical perspective.

S-III
A liberally educated person should be able to acquire information from a multiplicity of sources.

S-IV
A liberally educated person should be able to work effectively with others. [some members disagreed with the implication that such a person should work effectively with others, but consented with the inclusion of "should be able to," i.e., the values things again.]

S-V (nonconsensual)
A liberally educated person should be able to set and achieve goals, and to integrate and connect knowledge.

We had a good time, and hope our other members come back.


Arch McCallum
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College of Charleston
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