The place of liberal learning -- The movement for general education -- The making of a curricular tradition -- Dewey and Hutchins at Chicago -- Richard McKeon : architecton of human powers -- Joseph Schwab's assault on facile teaching -- What is educational about the study of civilizations? -- New goals for the liberal curriculum -- Goals for the liberal curriculum I: powers of prehension -- Goals for the liberal curriculum II: powers of expression -- New ways of framing pedagogy -- My experiments in teaching powers.