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'''Purpose-centered education''' (PCE) is a [[pedagogy|pedagogical]] model developed by [[Audrey Cohen]] and her colleagues at the College for Human Services, now [[Metropolitan College of New York]], PCE blends theory and practice in students' jobs and lives to produce graduates with a guiding vision of social justice developed during the 1970s that continues to underlie curriculum development at Metropolitan College of New York.<ref name=Creating>{{cite book|last=Roosevelt |first=Grace |title= Creating a College That Works |url=http://www.sunypress.edu/p-6049-creating-a-college-that-works.aspx |date=2015|publisher=SUNY Press|location=New York |pages= 107–131}}</ref> |
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Each semester is oriented to a specified Purpose with the courses coordinated to address specific Dimensions of that Purpose. The Dimensions include Values and Ethics, Self and Others, Systems, and Skills. Central to PCE is a Constructive Action (CA) that entails practical fieldwork involving "a sustained effort carried out in a work situation, to identify and achieve a significant initiative related to the semester's performance area."<ref>{{cite web|title=MCNY Student Handbook |url=https://www.mcny.edu/pdfs/studentservices/MCNY_Student_Handbook.pdf |pages=37–39 |access-date=November 11, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Purpose Centered Education |url=https://www.gnyha.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/6v1.-Admissions-Presentation-to-General-Information-Session-11-8-19-revised-jcolelli-tgeorgiou-4pm.pdf |access-date=November 11, 2021}}</ref> PCE was originally developed in the 1970s by a group including Audrey Cohen, Deborah Allen, Barbara Walton and Steve Sunderland.<ref name=Creating/> |
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* Ardovini, Joanne. & Anne Lopes (April 2009). [http://transformativestudies.org/wp-content/uploads/103798tia1937-023709003.pdf "Teaching Social Justice: A Proposal to Innovate the Liberal Arts Core"], Theory in Action, Volume 2:2. |
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*Grace G. Roosevelt, ''[http://www.sunypress.edu/p-6049-creating-a-college-that-works.aspx Creating a College That Works: Audrey Cohen and Metropolitan College of New York]'', SUNY Press, 2015. |
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Latest revision as of 20:02, 5 August 2023
Purpose-centered education (PCE) is a pedagogical model developed by Audrey Cohen and her colleagues at the College for Human Services, now Metropolitan College of New York, PCE blends theory and practice in students' jobs and lives to produce graduates with a guiding vision of social justice developed during the 1970s that continues to underlie curriculum development at Metropolitan College of New York.[1]
Approach
[edit]Each semester is oriented to a specified Purpose with the courses coordinated to address specific Dimensions of that Purpose. The Dimensions include Values and Ethics, Self and Others, Systems, and Skills. Central to PCE is a Constructive Action (CA) that entails practical fieldwork involving "a sustained effort carried out in a work situation, to identify and achieve a significant initiative related to the semester's performance area."[2][3] PCE was originally developed in the 1970s by a group including Audrey Cohen, Deborah Allen, Barbara Walton and Steve Sunderland.[1]
References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ a b Roosevelt, Grace (2015). Creating a College That Works. New York: SUNY Press. pp. 107–131.
- ^ "MCNY Student Handbook" (PDF). pp. 37–39. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
- ^ "Purpose Centered Education" (PDF). Retrieved November 11, 2021.
Works cited
[edit]- Ardovini, Joanne. & Anne Lopes (April 2009). "Teaching Social Justice: A Proposal to Innovate the Liberal Arts Core", Theory in Action, Volume 2:2.
- Grace G. Roosevelt, Creating a College That Works: Audrey Cohen and Metropolitan College of New York, SUNY Press, 2015.
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