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Exploring values, issues, and controversies
Author(s) -
Cummings Richard J.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
new directions for teaching and learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.192
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1536-0768
pISSN - 0271-0633
DOI - 10.1002/tl.37219862504
Subject(s) - epistemology , sociology , higher education , mathematics education , psychology , pedagogy , engineering ethics , environmental ethics , law , political science , philosophy , engineering
The concept of honors was imported from an elitistBritish university. An examination of the differentways in which it has been adapted and of theassumptions underlying those adaptations reveals boththe virtues and the problems inherent in theAmericaniration of honors.