Liberal and Professional Education: Keep Them Separate

Gore criticizes current efforts to link pro-fessional education with liberal educa-tion on the grounds that weaknesses in liberal education make for an unreliable collaboration. Furthermore, the distinc-tive domain of professional education precludes a productive linkage with the liberal arts. Teacher educators must rec-ognize the uniqueness of their perspec-tive and build appropriate programs and intellectual environments. The prob-lems of liberal education are formidable, but their resolution is best left to the academy. rying to make sense of th