Abstract
In recent years, challenges to the utility of humanities education have become louder and more frequent. The declining number of humanities majors, and the increasing number of applied or professional majors (in areas such as science, economy, and commerce), only reinforces some critics’ beliefs who consider the humanities degree has little to recommend it in terms of workforce-ready skills or even vocation. Yet the humanities is rich with the skills and experiences necessary for students to succeed. In order to better help students in making their own cases for their humanities education, workshop participants will both consider context-specific skills and develop focused exercises. Specifically, the workshop will: 1.Identify and provide examples of the key skills (including habits of mind, knowledge, and personal qualities) that are present in today’s humanities student so that students can make connections, translations, transfers, and applications between their own educational experiences and competencies essential for post-graduate success. Participants will be encouraged to consider their own context-specific student needs and goals. 2. Engage participants in designing their own set of focused prompts to help their students make connections, translations, transfers, and applications between their own educational experiences and competencies essential for post-graduate success. Focusing attention and new direction in the college to career transition, requires students to see their humanities education as sophisticated and practical, and then uses this understanding to craft a competitive narrative about their own experiences so that they are prepared to make the most of the connections between their education and their aspirations.
Details
Presentation Type
Theme
Past and Present in the Humanistic Education
KEYWORDS
Humanities Education, Career Development
