Draft of a Working Paper for Education at Brown University
by Ira Magaziner with Elliot Maxwell et al., [Providence, R.I., 1968]
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Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments (page 1) | |
| Preface (page 3) | |
| Introduction (page 5) | |
| Section 1 | History of GISP (page 9) |
| Section 2 | Difficulties of Educational Discussion (page 12) |
| Section 3 | Brief History of the American University (page 15) |
| Section 4 | Trends of the Modern University (page 27) |
| Section 5 | Research at the University (page 39) |
| Section 6 | University and Service to Society (page 52) |
| Section 7 | Examples of Philosophies of Education (page 57) |
| Section 8 | Evaluation of These Examples (page 62) |
| Section 9 | Proposal for a Philosophy for Brown (page 73) |
| Section 10 | Introduction to Educational Structures (page 95) |
| Section 11 | Review of Brown Curriculum Changes, 1944-Present (page 96) |
| Section 12 | Evaluation of Current Brown Curriculum (page 118) |
| Section 13 | Free University and the Experimental College Alternatives (page 131) |
| Section 14 | Other Curricular Alternatives (page 144) |
| Section 15 | Proposals for Curriculum I (page 159) |
| Section 16 | Proposals for Curriculum II (page 173) |
| Section 17 | Testing (page 188) |
| Section 18 | Grading and Evaluation (page 197) |
| Section 19 | Teaching Methods, Course, and Teacher Evaluation (page 237) |
| Section 20 | Calendar; Leaves of Absence; Foreign Study (page 252) |
| Section 21 | Counseling; Extra-Curricular Activities; Departments (page 258) |
| Section 22 | Catalogue; Self-Study Procedure (page 266) |
| Section 23 | Implementation and Feasibility (page 271) |
| Section 24 | Conclusion (page 277) |
| Outside Works Consulted (page 279) | |
| Brown University Works Consulted (page 282) | |
| Grading Bibliography (page 283) | |
| Endnotes (page 285) |