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Why Choose the Liberal Arts?

Why Choose the Liberal Arts?

Mark William Roche

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Longleaf - Univ of Notre Dame du Lac
Año de edición:
2010
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Filosofía y teoría de la educación
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9780268040321
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Roche argues for a strong liberal arts education through the value of learning, the cultivation of intellectual virtues, and the formation of character gained from liberal arts.

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