Journal of General Education - Vol. 63 - Issue 1 - 2014 - Democracy is General Education's Animating Principle

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Journal of General Education: A Curricular Commons of the Humanities and Sciences presents an editorial and scholarly framework for guiding research, essays, forums, and reviews on general education. The advisory board provides expertise across disciplines, assessment, history, philosophy, and theoretical perspectives. The issue emphasizes “Democracy is General Education's Animating Principle” and presents articles on civic literacy, critical thinking gains, civic-minded classrooms, and the civic mission of higher education. Submission guidance specifies manuscript formatting, word limits, Chicago style, and online system submission.

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Democracy is General Education's Animating Principle

Application of the Test of Scientific Literacy Skills in the Assessment of a General Education Natural Science Program

Diversity and Collegiate Experiences Affecting Self-Perceived Gains in Critical Thinking: Which Works, and Who Benefits?

Practice Makes Perfect: Classrooms and Curricula That Generate Civic Minds and Actions

A Defense of Higher Education and Its Civic Mission

Engagement and Citizenship: A New Core for the University

The University's Sacred Mission

# Journal of GENERAL EDUCATION A Curricular Commons of the Humanities and SciencesNO.I Marygrove College Librory8425 West McNichols RoadDetroit,MI 4822 Journal ofGeneral Education:A CurricularCommons of the Humanities and SciencesAdvisory Board Portfolio The Journal of General Education:A CurricularCommons of the Humanities and SciencesAdvisory Board provides guidance to thejournal's editors based on disciplinary,generaleducation,and related areas of expertise anddistinguished accomplishment. EDITORS Jeremy CohenNorthwestern University in Qatar Patty Wharton-MichaelUniversity of Pittsburgh at Johnstown EDITORIAL MANAGERCatherine Jordan ADVISORY BOARD Sean Burns Northwestern University in QatarJohn DedrickKettering FoundationRosa Eberly The Pennsylvania State UniversityConnie Flanagan University ofWisconsin-MadisonWalter E.FlukerBoston UniversityTanya Furman The Pennsylvania State UniversitySukhwant Jhaj Portland State UniversityStephanie KenenHarvard College John F.KutskoEmory UniversitySteven Lamy University ofSouthern CaliforniaLisa Lattuca University of MichiganSondra MyersUniversity ofScrantonCynthia NearmanGuilford CollegeSandra Richards Northwestern University in QatarRandy SwingAssociation for Institutional Research # Journal of GENERAL EDUCATION VOL.63 NO.I 20I4 V CONTRIBUTORS vii Curricular CommonsJeremy Cohen # DEMOCRACY IS GENERAL EDUCATION's ANIMATING PRINCIPLE I Application of the Test of Scientific Literacy Skillsin the Assessment of a General Education NaturalScience ProgramJennifer Turner Waldo I5 Diversity and Collegiate Experiences AffectingSelf-Perceived Gains in Critical Thinking:WhichWorks,and Who Benefits?Darnell Cole and Ji Zhou 35 Practice Makes Perfect:Classrooms and Curricula ThatGenerate Civic Minds and ActionsTimothy K.Stanton 47 A Defense of Higher Education and Its Civic MissionPeter Levine 57 Engagement and Citizenship:A New Core for the UniversityDan A.Lewis 64The University's Sacred MissionSondra Myers # Journal of General Education:A Curricular Commons of the Humanities and Sciences Journal of General Education:A Curicular Commons of the Humanities andSciences is devoted to the ideas and ideals of scholarship that enlighten theunderstanding of curriculum that reaches beyond disciplinary and professionalconcentrations to provide an undergraduate educational commons.The jour-nal's research,essays,forums and reviews engage academic communities andothers in deliberations about general education experiments and innovation,aswell as considerations of general education assessment,history,philosophy andtheoretical perspective. Journal of General Education:A Curricular Commons of the Humanities andSciences willdistinguish itself as a journal focused not on a scholarship of gen-eral interest to those engaged in undergraduate education writ large,but as ascholarly community interested in general education as a distinctive cornerstoneof the arts of liberty and as a conservator of enlightened engagement Journal of General Education:A Curricular Commons of the Humanities andSciences (ISSN oo2I-3667;E-ISSN 1527-206o)is published quarterly by thePennsylvania State University Press,820 N.University Drive,USB 1,Suite C,University Park,PA 16802-I003.The Pennsylvania State University Press is amember of the Association of American University Presses. All correspondence of a business nature,including advertising,should beaddressed to the Pennsylvania State University Press:www.psupress.org. The journal is registered under its ISSN with the Copyright Clearance Center222 Rosewood Drive,Danvers,MA oI923(www.copyright.com).For informationabout reprints and multiple copying forclassroom use,contact the CCC's AcademicPermissions Service or write to Penn State Press,820 N.University Dr.,USB I,Suite C,University Park,PA16802-I003. Copyright ◎2014 by The Pennsylvania State University.All rights reserved.Nocopies may be made without permission o

FAQs

What is the core theme introduced in this issue?

The issue is organized around “Democracy is General Education's Animating Principle.”

What kinds of scholarship does the journal publish?

It publishes research, essays, forums, and reviews that engage academic communities in deliberations about general education experiments, innovation, and assessment-related considerations.

What are the main submission requirements mentioned?

Manuscripts must be double-spaced with numbered pages, include a structured end-note section, be no more than 4,000 words, use Chicago Manual of Style for final acceptance, and be submitted via the journal’s online submission system as a Microsoft Word document.

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