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• catalog abstract ""Growing fears about declining American competitiveness have underscored the urgent need for strengthening the study of humanities within specialized schools. In 1989, Athanasios Moulakis was asked by the University of Colorado to undertake a formidable task: developing an innovative program called Humanities for Engineers. In order to address the grave problem of providing for the humane education of engineers, Moulakis was obliged to consider the larger purpose of "liberal arts education" and how that purpose relates to the education of professionals. In Beyond Utility he eloquently describes how his own approach to teaching can be applied to all areas of specialized professional learning." "Moulakis forcefully develops the thesis that ours is a time in which both the hopes and fears of humanity are inextricably linked with the development and use of technology. He challenges us to educate ourselves and our young people for meaningful lives that acknowledge the value of and need for both. Providing a fresh look at the currently raging "education debate" between proponents of a rounded, humanistic education and those advocating specialized professional training, Moulakis discusses such topical issues as multiculturalism, the canon, and the dangers of parochialism in a global economic, political, and ecological system." "An innovative and powerful study, Beyond Utility will be of interest to educators in the humanities and in the sciences, to adults concerned with preparing today's youth for productive and fulfilling lives, and to industrialists who are attentive to the educational underpinning of competitiveness. Anyone concerned with the quality of life and the conditions of freedom in a technological age will benefit from this lively book."--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b4863136.
• catalog created "c1994.".
• catalog date "1994".
• catalog date "c1994.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1994.".
• catalog description ""Growing fears about declining American competitiveness have underscored the urgent need for strengthening the study of humanities within specialized schools. In 1989, Athanasios Moulakis was asked by the University of Colorado to undertake a formidable task: developing an innovative program called Humanities for Engineers. In order to address the grave problem of providing for the humane education of engineers, Moulakis was obliged to consider the larger purpose of "liberal arts education" and how that purpose relates to the education of professionals. In Beyond Utility he eloquently describes how his own approach to teaching can be applied to all areas of specialized professional learning." "Moulakis forcefully develops the thesis that ours is a time in which both the hopes and fears of humanity are inextricably linked with the development and use of technology. He challenges us to educate ourselves and our young people for meaningful lives that acknowledge the value of and need for both. Providing a fresh look at the currently raging "education debate" between proponents of a rounded, humanistic education and those advocating specialized professional training, Moulakis discusses such topical issues as multiculturalism, the canon, and the dangers of parochialism in a global economic, political, and ecological system." "An innovative and powerful study, Beyond Utility will be of interest to educators in the humanities and in the sciences, to adults concerned with preparing today's youth for productive and fulfilling lives, and to industrialists who are attentive to the educational underpinning of competitiveness. Anyone concerned with the quality of life and the conditions of freedom in a technological age will benefit from this lively book."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p.159-165) and index.".
• catalog description "pt. 1. Doing things right -- and learning the right things to do: liberal education for engineers -- 1. Speaking one's mind -- 2. A manly profession -- 3. Second thoughts: the needs of advanced industrial societies -- 4. Literacy and democracy -- 5. Technology and freedom -- 6. Efficiency vs. the love of one's own -- 7. Cultural literacy -- 8. Of content and form in teaching.".
• catalog description "pt. 2. The American way in liberal education -- 9. The Tower of Babel -- 10. E Pluribus Unum? -- 11. Diversity and its discontents -- 12. "O! that the Everlasting had not fix'd His canon 'gainst self-slaughter!" -- 13. Innocents abroad -- 14. Manifest destiny vs. the serpent Columbus -- 15. Babylonian captivity and the suffering servant -- 16. Separation as collective therapy -- 17. The crustacean theory of culture -- 18. Herstory? -- 19. Conformity and individuality.".
• catalog description "pt. 3. The confusion of tongues -- 20. What is the Tower of Babel for? -- 21. A scientific morality? -- 22. Two cultures? -- 23. The retreat from the word -- 24. Teaching values.".
• catalog description "pt. 4. A program -- 25. Courses of study -- 26. Humanist education -- 27. The civic mission of the university -- 28. Opportunities and constraints -- 29. The text-based seminar.".
• catalog extent "viii, 171 p. ;".
• catalog hasFormat "Beyond utility.".
• catalog identifier "0826209297 (alk. paper)".
• catalog isFormatOf "Beyond utility.".
• catalog issued "1994".
• catalog issued "c1994.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Columbia : University of Missouri Press,".
• catalog relation "Beyond utility.".
• catalog spatial "United States".
• catalog spatial "United States.".
• catalog subject "370.11/3/0973 20".
• catalog subject "Education, Higher Curricula United States.".
• catalog subject "Education, Higher United States Curricula.".
• catalog subject "Education, Humanistic United States.".
• catalog subject "LC1011 .M76 1993".
• catalog subject "Science Study and teaching (Higher) United States.".
• catalog subject "Technology Study and teaching (Higher) United States.".
• catalog tableOfContents "pt. 1. Doing things right -- and learning the right things to do: liberal education for engineers -- 1. Speaking one's mind -- 2. A manly profession -- 3. Second thoughts: the needs of advanced industrial societies -- 4. Literacy and democracy -- 5. Technology and freedom -- 6. Efficiency vs. the love of one's own -- 7. Cultural literacy -- 8. Of content and form in teaching.".
• catalog tableOfContents "pt. 2. The American way in liberal education -- 9. The Tower of Babel -- 10. E Pluribus Unum? -- 11. Diversity and its discontents -- 12. "O! that the Everlasting had not fix'd His canon 'gainst self-slaughter!" -- 13. Innocents abroad -- 14. Manifest destiny vs. the serpent Columbus -- 15. Babylonian captivity and the suffering servant -- 16. Separation as collective therapy -- 17. The crustacean theory of culture -- 18. Herstory? -- 19. Conformity and individuality.".
• catalog tableOfContents "pt. 3. The confusion of tongues -- 20. What is the Tower of Babel for? -- 21. A scientific morality? -- 22. Two cultures? -- 23. The retreat from the word -- 24. Teaching values.".
• catalog tableOfContents "pt. 4. A program -- 25. Courses of study -- 26. Humanist education -- 27. The civic mission of the university -- 28. Opportunities and constraints -- 29. The text-based seminar.".
• catalog title "Beyond utility : liberal education for a technological age / Athanasios Moulakis.".
• catalog type "text".