Liberal Education to Develop Graduates’ Character

Riza Atiq Rahmat

What is Liberal Education

What

How

Where

LE in the 20th century LE in 21st Century

• Intellectual and personal development

• An option for the fortunate

• Viewed as non-vocational

• Intellectual and personal development

• A necessity for all students

• Essential for success in a global economy and for informed citizenship

LE in the 20th century LE in 21st Century

• Through studies in arts and sciences disciplines (The major) and / or through general education in the initial years of universities

• Through studies that emphasize the essential learning outcomes across the entire educational continuum at progressively higher levels of achievement

Association of American Collages and Universities:http://www.aacu.org/leap/what_is_liberal_education.cfm

LE in the 20th century LE in 21st Century

• Liberal arts collages or collages of arts and science in larger higher institutions

• All schools, community collages, collages and universities, as well as across all fields of study

Liberal Education Outcomes

Knowledge of human culture and the natural

world

Individual and Social

Responsibility

Intellectual and Practical

skills

AACU, 2005

Liberal Education Outcomes

Knowledge of human culture and the natural world

Individual and Social Responsibility

Intellectual and Practical skills

•Science•Social Science•Mathematic•Humanities•Art Civic Responsibility and

engagement Ethical reasoning Intercultural knowledge

and actions Propensity for lifelong

learning

Written & oral communication

Inquiry, critical & creative thinking, complex problem solver

Quantitative literacy Information literacy Teamwork, leadership,

leverage collaboration Entrepreneurship and

management Integration of Learning

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

Cornerstone ProjectLearning OutcomesIntegrating Knowledge: Basic sciences, mathematics, geography and real problemsOral, writing and drawings skillsTeamworkLeadership

Entrepreneurship Cornerstone Course

Learning OutcomesEntrepreneurship

Simulation and competition based learning

Milestone ProjectLearning OutcomesOral CommunicationGraphic communication Information literacyApps development

Milestone ProjectLearning OutcomesEnvironmental protectionZero wasteOral communicationTeamwork

Milestone ProjectLearning OutcomesAll aspects of sustainable developmentReducing own eco-footprint

Capstone ProjectLearning OutcomesAll program learning outcomes

Strengthening UKM L.E

University(PPU + Cesmed)

12 credits

Faculty8 credit

Department18 credit

LE > 45 creditSpecial training and incentive

L.E

Conclusion

Concentration(Core courses)

Strengthen and add more L.E

L.E

Conclusion

Concentration(Core courses)

Strengthen and embed L.E in concentration courses

• More PBLs• More authentic tasks• More presentations• More collaborative projects• More joint projects with

foreign universities

TerimakasihThank you