Slides to explain the importance of liberal education in building students' character

1. Liberal Education to Develop
Graduates’ Character
Riza Atiq Rahmat

2. What is Liberal Education
LE in the 20th century LE in 21st Century
What • Intellectual and
personal
• Intellectual and
personal
LE in the 20th century
development LE in 21st Century
development
•• An optionstudies in
Through for the •• A necessity for allthat
Through studies
fortunatesciences
arts and students the
emphasize
• Viewed as non-
disciplines (The • Essential for success
essential learning
How vocational / or
major) and
through general
in a global economy
outcomes across the
and for educational
entire informed
LE in the 20th in the
education century LEcitizenship at
continuum
in 21st Century
initial years of progressively higher
• Liberal arts collages • All schools,
universities levels of
or collages of arts community collages,
achievement
and science in larger collages and
Where higher institutions universities, as well
as across all fields of
study
Association of American Collages and Universities:
http://www.aacu.org/leap/what_is_liberal_education.cfm

3. Liberal Education Outcomes
Knowledge of
human culture
and the natural
world
Intellectual Individual and
and Practical Social
skills Responsibility
AACU, 2005

4. Liberal Education Outcomes
•Science
Knowledge of •Social Science
human culture
and the natural •Mathematic oral
 Written &
world
 communication
•Humanities
Civic Responsibility and
•ArtInquiry, critical & creative
 engagement
 thinking,reasoningproblem
Ethical complex
Individual and  solver
Intercultural knowledge
Social
Responsibility and actions
 Quantitative literacy
  Information literacy
Propensity for lifelong
learning
 Teamwork, leadership, lev
Intellectual
erage collaboration
and Practical  Entrepreneurship and
skills
management
 Integration of Learning

5. Delivery
• 1st experiences: Cornerstone project, entrepreneurship, seminar, ect
• Research and problem based learning , independent or with lecturer
• Individual, collaborative project and authentic task
• Learning Communities
• Service learning
• Industrial training
• Interdisciplinary study
• Significant writing and speaking opportunities
• Milestone and capstone project

6. Cornerstone Project
Learning Outcomes
Integrating Knowledge: Basic
sciences, mathematics,
geography and real
problems
Oral, writing and drawings
skills
Teamwork
Leadership

7. Entrepreneurship Cornerstone Course
Simulation and competition
based learning
Learning Outcomes
Entrepreneurship

8. Milestone Project
Learning Outcomes
Oral Communication
Graphic communication
Information literacy
Apps development

9. Milestone Project
Learning Outcomes
Environmental protection
Zero waste
Oral communication
Teamwork

10. Milestone Project
Learning Outcomes
All aspects of sustainable
development
Reducing own eco-footprint

11. Capstone Project
Learning Outcomes
All program learning
outcomes

12. Strengthening UKM L.E
University
Faculty Department
(PPU + Cesmed)
8 credit 18 credit
12 credits
LE > 45 credit
Special training and incentive

13. Conclusion
Concentration
(Core courses)
L.E
Strengthen and add more L.E

14. Conclusion
• More PBLs
• More authentic tasks
• More presentations
Concentration • More collaborative projects
(Core courses) • More joint projects with
foreign universities
L.E
Strengthen and embed L.E in concentration courses