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Download full textNewmann, Fred M. – 1987
Higher order thinking can be defined as interpreting, analyzing, and manipulating information to solve a challenging problem. This definition does not restrict higher order thinking to any level of cognitive ability or any class of people; it includes thinking involving both nonacademic and academic topics; and it is not limited to any particular…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Cognitive Processes, High Schools, Instructional Improvement
Peer reviewedHernes, Gurmund – Higher Education Management, 1993
This speech examines the image of the university as a powerful center of knowledge in the contexts of both the traditional university and the modern research university. The institution's role in thinking and research, personal growth, and social change are discussed, especially as these areas interrelate and can create an exciting intellectual…
Descriptors: College Environment, College Role, Educational History, Educational Objectives
American Council of Learned Societies, New York, NY. – 1993
Designed to serve as a record of the initial public activity of the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Program in Humanities Curriculum Development, this collection of three articles offers different perspectives on the humanities in the schools. In the first article, "The Humanities and Public Education," Stanley N. Katz discusses the…
Descriptors: Consciousness Raising, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Interrelationships, Cultural Pluralism
