General Education: A Learner's Viewpoint

Authors

Eugene Wine, Miami-Dade Community College

Abstract

Most of the articles we read about general education are written by those who either teach or administer some kind of general education program. I think it might be valuable to know the viewpoint of someone who has been trying to educate himself generally throughout a lifetime.

The interdisciplinary courses which many schools now have seem to me to be a great improvement over the general education program which prevailed in my undergraduate days , which was the still quite prevalent one of a certain number of credit hours in the various academic divisions. My feeling is, however, that one more last step needs to be taken in general education , and that step is from the several interdisciplinary courses to one transdisciplinary course that will integrate all knowledge which is thought of as general education.

Recommended Citation

Wine, Eugene (1975) "General Education: A Learner's Viewpoint," Perspectives (1969-1979): Vol. 7: No. 2, Article 6.
Available at: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/perspectives/vol7/iss2/6