pedagogically powerful than traditional classroom teaching, but opponents argue that the education occurring within an academic institution must be purely intellectual and scholarly A liberal education combines an education in the classics, English literature, the humanities, and moral virtues. The term liberal education in the modern sense should not be confused with liberal arts education; the latter refers to certain subjects of study, while the former is a way of learning Itself and may be pursued through any subject. Indeed, a liberal arts education does not necessarily include a liberal education, and a liberal arts program may even be as specialized as a vocational program (General Education The part of a liberal education curriculum shared by all students. It provides broad exposure to multiple disciplines and forms the basis for developing important intellectual and civic capacities General Education may also be called"the core curriculum"or"liberal studies. " Hist Definitions of a liberal education may be broad, generalized, and sometimes even contradictory. "It is at once the most enduring and changeable of academic traditions. Axelrod. Anisef. and Lin suggest that conceptions of liberal education are rooted in the teaching methods of Ancient Greece, a slave-owning community divided between slaves and freemen. The freemen, mostly concerned about their rights and obligations as citizens, received a non-specialized, non-vocational, liberal arts education that produced well-rounded citizens aware of their place in society. At the same time, Socrates emphasized the importance of individualism, impressing upon his students the duty of man to form his own opinions through reason rather than indoctrination. Athenian education also provided a balance between developing the mind and the body. Another possibility is that liberal education dates back to the Zhou dynasty, where the teachings of Confucianism focused on propriety, morality, and social order The early notions of liberal education found in Greece and Rome came under attack, when a Christian movement began to focus exclusively on all things spiritual, and banned exercise and anything else that had to do with the body or nature. While liberal education was stifled during the Middle Ages, it was fully restored in free cities that rose to power in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. The thirteenth and fourteenth centuries saw a revolt against the spirit, and educators instead focused on the human This humanist approach favored reason and nature; it was the teacher's job to discover and develop each student's individual talents. In designing the curriculum the humanists attacked theology and dialectic, especially aristotelianism Study of the classics and humanities slowly returned also in the fourteenth century, which led to increased study of both Greek and Latin. In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, liberal education focused mostly on the classics. Commoners, however, were not too keen on studying the classics so they instead took up vernacular languages and literature, and also the sciences. Until at least the twentieth century, both humanist and classicist influences remained in the liberal education, and proponents of a progressive education also embraced the humanist philosophy. Study of the classics continued in the form of the Great Books program2 pedagogically powerful than traditional classroom teaching, but opponents argue that the education occurring within an academic institution must be purely intellectual and scholarly. A liberal education combines an education in the classics, English literature, the humanities, and moral virtues. The term liberal education in the modern sense should not be confused with liberal arts education; the latter refers to certain subjects of study, while the former is a way of learning itself and may be pursued through any subject. Indeed, a liberal arts education does not necessarily include a liberal education, and a liberal arts program may even be as specialized as a vocational program. （General Education The part of a liberal education curriculum shared by all students. It provides broad exposure to multiple disciplines and forms the basis for developing important intellectual and civic capacities. General Education may also be called "the core curriculum" or "liberal studies."） History Definitions of a liberal education may be broad, generalized, and sometimes even contradictory."It is at once the most enduring and changeable of academic traditions." Axelrod, Anisef, and Lin suggest that conceptions of liberal education are rooted in the teaching methods of Ancient Greece, a slave-owning community divided between slaves and freemen. The freemen, mostly concerned about their rights and obligations as citizens, received a non-specialized, non-vocational, liberal arts education that produced well-rounded citizens aware of their place in society. At the same time, Socrates emphasized the importance of individualism, impressing upon his students the duty of man to form his own opinions through reason rather than indoctrination. Athenian education also provided a balance between developing the mind and the body. Another possibility is that liberal education dates back to the Zhou Dynasty, where the teachings of Confucianism focused on propriety, morality, and social order. The early notions of liberal education found in Greece and Rome came under attack, when a Christian movement began to focus exclusively on all things spiritual, and banned exercise and anything else that had to do with the body or nature. While liberal education was stifled during the Middle Ages, it was fully restored in free cities that rose to power in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. The thirteenth and fourteenth centuries saw a revolt against the spirit, and educators instead focused on the human. This humanist approach favored reason and nature; it was the teacher's job to discover and develop each student's individual talents. In designing the curriculum, the humanists attacked theology and dialectic, especially Aristotelianism. Study of the classics and humanities slowly returned also in the fourteenth century, which led to increased study of both Greek and Latin. In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, liberal education focused mostly on the classics. Commoners, however, were not too keen on studying the classics, so they instead took up vernacular languages and literature, and also the sciences. Until at least the twentieth century, both humanist and classicist influences remained in the liberal education, and proponents of a progressive education also embraced the humanist philosophy. Study of the classics continued in the form of the Great Books program