INTENTIONAL LEARNING: THE NEED FOR EXPLICIT INFORMED CONSENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Argues that student consent should be practiced in higher education, and that general education, which emphasizes critical thinking, should bear the greatest responsibility for promoting this movement. Discusses the history of informed consent in medicine and paternalism in health care and higher ed...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of general education (University Park, Pa.) Pa.), 2000-01, Vol.49 (3), p.211-230
1. Verfasser: Connelly, R. J.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Argues that student consent should be practiced in higher education, and that general education, which emphasizes critical thinking, should bear the greatest responsibility for promoting this movement. Discusses the history of informed consent in medicine and paternalism in health care and higher education, stressing that consent in postsecondary institutions will help prepare students for democratic citizenship. (Contains 17 references.) (EMH)
ISSN:0021-3667
1527-2060
1527-2060
DOI:10.1353/jge.2000.0019