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Download full textBeckham, Christopher – Critical Questions in Education, 2020
This essay argues that emphasizing "college and career-readiness" as the major goal of public education is too narrow a purpose for education. College and career readiness, if pursued exclusively, may deprive students of the problem-solving skills they need to live well-adjusted, flourishing lives. The purposes of education that were…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Career Readiness, Role of Education, Liberal Arts
Mary Orlando; Karen Hattaway – Journal of College Academic Support Programs, 2020
This paper describes a corequisite pairing of Integrated Reading and Writing (INRW) and Humanities (HUMA) 1301 taught at San Jacinto College North in Houston, Texas. The authors describe their planning process, which combined course learning outcomes with cognitive theory and best-practice resources for effective teaching. These complementary…
Descriptors: Required Courses, Reading Instruction, Writing Instruction, Humanities Instruction
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Possession of prior knowledge has been shown to critically influence students' learning in major courses. Yet the topic remains unexplored in the realm of general education in higher education. The study aims at investigating whether students lacking relevant high school knowledge background could benefit in the two courses, one inclined to…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Prior Learning, General Education, Science Education
Barnes, Jonathan; Scoffham, Stephen – Education 3-13, 2017
This article surveys the state of the humanities in English primary schools drawing on evidence from serving head teachers, current literature and policy documents. The findings suggest that whilst the humanities are highly valued in schools, there are serious challenges which threaten the "broad and balanced" curriculum. It is suggested…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Schools, Humanities Instruction, Principals
