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02917aam a2200397 a 4500 001 CD95D1565B9611EFABE9BE7952ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240816010336 008 120405s2012 miua b 000 0 eng d 010 $a 2012937061 020 $a 1937555038 020 $a 9781937555030 035 $a (OCoLC)829855664 040 $a PGM $b eng $c DLC $d PGM $d LMR $d OCLCF $d TLE $d RCT $d YDXCP $d OCLCQ $d WCD $d OCLCO $d OCLCL $d SILO 042 $a lccopycat 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a AZ183.U5 $b P73 2012 082 04 $a Liberal Education 245 00 $a Practically human : $b college professors speak from the heart of humanities education / $c Gary Schmidt and Matthew Walhout, editors. 260 $a Grand Rapids, Mich. : $b Calvin College Press, $c 2012. 300 $a 171 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 21 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 505 0 $a Introduction: two farms / Gary Schmidt and Matthew Walhout -- Greater than gold: the humanities and the human things / Lee Hardy -- "The ducks are hazards in the classroom": learning to listen with perception and grace / Benita Wolters-Fredlund -- Who wants to live in the "real" world? / Will Katerberg -- Getting engaged: the joys of studying history / Karin Maag -- Good looking / Henry Luttikhuizen -- Science in a human matrix / Matthew Walhout -- Ruining the movies? / Carl Plantinga -- Why stories matter more than ever: a letter to a friend just beginning college / Jennifer Holberg -- Why come to college to study writing? / Gary Schmidt -- How a speech can change an audience: why studying public address is important / Kathi Groenendyk -- Shouting at your neighbor: why we bother with other peoples' languages / David I. Smith -- New life from ancient texts / David Noe -- An invitation / Won Lee. 520 1 $a "If you are a student wondering what to study in college, this book is for you. It invites you to seek out the practical benefits of studying literature, language, the arts, history, religion, and philosophy. These disciplines - known collectively as the humanities - will teach you to analyze complex social dynamics, articulate good arguments, and apply the hard-won wisdom of the past to new and challenging situations."--Publisher's description. 650 0 $a Humanities $x Study and teaching (Higher) $z United States. 650 0 $a Education, Humanistic $z United States. 650 6 $a EÌducation humaniste $z EÌtats-Unis. 650 7 $a Education, Humanistic. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00903134 650 7 $a Humanities $x Study and teaching (Higher) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00963641 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 $1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq 700 1 $a Schmidt, Gary D. 700 1 $a Walhout, Matthew. 941 $a 1 952 $l OUAX845 $d 20240816045515.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=CD95D1565B9611EFABE9BE7952ECA4DB 994 $a 92 $b IOTInitiate Another SILO Locator Search