Liberal Education Case Study

What is the place of liberal education in the contemporary global development needs? How does it harmonize with the education for the labor market?

What is liberal education?

Liberal education is what provides students with a broad knowledge of the wider world, it prepares them to deal with change and complexity as well as in depth study in a specific area of interest. With it we can develop a sense of social responsibility, intellectual and practical skills and the ability to apply these skills in real world settings.

For example, at USIU, when a student majors in one specific area of interest, there are also other requirements that have to be met for a person to graduate, such as intercultural communication, philosophy and so on, such that

Regardless of their shortcomings, they remain as a source of inspiration. Those that were before us, help bring about the conclusions we have today, therefore, we must understand the history of our needs, before implementing them on ourselves.

Liberal education helps free our minds and hearts from the authorities that question new motives and make us reach our responsibilities as citizens. Such freedom allows us to enhance our own lives and achieve a sympathetic understanding of those that are different from us, we sometimes find it difficult to understand others who may not speak the same way we do, such as braille for the blind, liberal education helps us see things from their perspective, because we have the knowledge to do so. Liberal education should help us find a balance such that freedom from authority does not lead to high demands of individual

We can see how having more liberally educated people have a broader understanding of the world, the ability to see things holistically and zoom in on the big picture, and at the same time, look at the small details involved with the kind of work they do.

In conclusion, it places more emphasis on our common humanity as opposed to the needs of individuals or common groups, it has protected the needs and desires of families and an increasing number of groups. Even though liberal education may not be used in our specific area of interest, having more knowledge means that we are exposed to more, and have a broader understanding of things.

References

Roth, Michael. "Michael Roth: What's a Liberal Arts Education Good For?" Breaking News and Opinion on The Huffington Post. 8 Dec. 2008. Web. 17 Feb. 2012.

Farnham, Nicholas H, and Adam Yarmolinsky. Rethinking Liberal Education. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. Print.

Huxley, Thomas Henry. A Liberal Education. Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Co., 1924.