The Academic Vocation: "Specialists without Spirit, Sensualists without Heart"?

The Academic Vocation: "Specialists without Spirit, Sensualists without Heart"?

Former Harvard University Pres Derek Bok stated that professors' primary task is to transmit knowledge and skills as distinct from developing students' moral character. It is argued that the transmission of knowledge involves the development of tradition and is not a distinct act from pers...

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Veröffentlicht in:Cross currents (New Rochelle, N.Y.) N.Y.), 1992-07, Vol.42 (2), p.185-199
1. Verfasser: Schwehn, Mark R.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Academic learning
Christian ethics
College instruction
College teaching
Ethical aspects
Ethical instruction
Humans
Learning
Personality development
Protestant ethics
Research universities
Universities
Vocation
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Zusammenfassung:Former Harvard University Pres Derek Bok stated that professors' primary task is to transmit knowledge and skills as distinct from developing students' moral character. It is argued that the transmission of knowledge involves the development of tradition and is not a distinct act from personality development. As such, the teaching profession inevitably results in developing mature and morally responsible adults.
ISSN:0011-1953
1939-3881