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MIAMI PLAN (GENERAL EDUCATION)
LEARNING OUTCOMES
1) Students will engage in CRITICAL THINKING.
Thinking critically promotes imagination and intuition
along with reasoning and evaluation. These diverse abilities
contribute to achieving perspective, constructing and
discerning relationships, and gaining understanding.
Confidence in working with data and materials, skepticism
in analyzing arguments or presentations, persistence
in engaging complex problems and facility in communicating
about technical matters are central to thinking critically.
A skillful use of written and spoken languages, and
informed use of mathematics and an ability to employ
contemporary information sources are integral to thinking
critically.
2) Students will UNDERSTAND CONTEXTS.
Liberal learning cultivates the perspective that present
cultural circumstances are an historical and a changing
situation. Decisions about what is to be studied, the
forms in which knowledge appears and the ways reasoning
develops are to be continually examined. Ways of knowing
need active attention: gender, class, racial identity,
ethnicity, economic status and regional identity condition
our understanding; temporal and spatial relationships,
institutional traditions, religious commitments, philosophic
perspectives, and political objectives shape our assumptions;
influences originating beyond geographic and social
boundaries affect what we know. Crucial to our future
is knowledge of the conceptual frameworks and achievements
of the arts, sciences, and technology, as well as understanding
of the earth’s ecosystem and the character of
global society.
3) Students will ENGAGE WITH OTHER LEARNERS.
A healthy exchange of conflicting ideas and differing
viewpoints encourages rethinking of accepted perspectives;
it requires making choices and taking risks. Diversity
among learners, a supportive atmosphere of group work,
active listening, opportunities for presenting and criticizing
the results of inquiry and creative effort encourage
learning, aid growth and stimulate imagination. Thoughtful
and systematic inquiry about the learning process supports
shared efforts, and positive advising situations and
experiences outside the classroom reinforce them.
4) Students will REFLECT AND ACT.
Thinking critically and understanding contexts for knowledge
in an engaging learning situation lead to reflection
and informed action. Making thoughtful decisions and
examining their consequences enhance personal moral
commitment, enrich ethical understanding, and strengthen
civic participation.
Adopted by University Council, April
6, 1987
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