The History of Education; educational practice and progress considered as a phase of the development and spread of western civilization by Ellwood Patterson Cubberley
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professors in a mediaeval university?
9. What has caused the old Arts Faculty to break up into so many groups, whereas Law, Medicine, and Theology have stayed united? 10. Do universities, when founded to-day, usually start with all four of the mediaeval faculties represented? 11. Which of the professional faculties has changed most in the nature and character of its instruction? Why has this been so? 12. Enumerate a number of different things which have enabled the modern university greatly to shorten the period of instruction? 13. Aside from differences in teachers, why are some university subjects today taught much more compactly and economically than other subjects? 14. After admitting all the defects of the mediaeval university, why did the university nevertheless represent so important a development for the future of western civilization? 15. What does the long continuance, without great changes in character, of the university as an institution indicate as to its usefulness to society? 16. Does the university of to-day play as important a part in the progress of society as it did in the mediaeval times? Why? 17. Is the chief university force to-day exerted directly or indirectly? Illustrate. |
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