On the other hand, the German university exhibits a system in which the university course is almost wholly special; the liberal and propædeutic studies are relegated to the grammar-school.1868, Mark Pattison, Suggestions on Academical Organisation with Especial Reference to Oxford, section VI: “Of the Studies Preliminary to the Degree”, § 4: ‘Liberal Studies (Arts) and Special Studies (Science)’, pages 261–262
Students were not allowed to repeat the first propedeutic year more than once or to spend more than six years at universities; […]2014, Philip Altbach, editor, International Higher Education, volume 2, Routledge, →ISBN, page 624:
Etymology From the Ancient Greek προπαιδεύω (propaideúō, “I give preparatory instruction”), from πρό (pró, “before”) + παιδεύω (paideúō, “I teach”).
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An introductory course of instruction.
This chapter aims to be a propedeutic because there are many specific lines of argument that could, and should, be developed from the observation of the unique values-based and globalized-movement nature of co-operatives […]2009, J. J. McMurtry, Darryl Reed, editors, Co-operatives in a Global Economy, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, →ISBN, page 56: