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Carnochan, W. B. – 1993
This book examines the American experience in liberal education and demonstrates that there has been a "crisis" surrounding the curriculum of the modern U.S. university for the past two centuries. It points out where and how contemporary critics of the curriculum are wrong, historically speaking, and shows how American ideals of "liberal…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Cultural Influences, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Foshay, Arthur W. – 1974
In this paper, an integrated view is presented of the direction that education must take if it is to become the creative, effective, joyful enterprise that many educators long for. Educational institutions are not humane because they fail to deal with the human condition in all its variety and meaning. They continue to affirm the intellectual part…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Change, Educational Strategies
Foshay, Wellesley R. – 1974
According to Wellesley A. Foshay, in order to achieve a humane curriculum subject matter and each experience must be responsive to the human condition in the context of all pedagogical intentions of the teacher. Six classes of experience--intellectual, emotional, social, physical, aesthetic, and spiritual--make up the human existence. Teachers may…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Change, Educational Environment
Marks, Joseph Lappin – 1978
Within the system of higher education, the humanistic disciplines are an essential subsystem; a subsystem, however, on which the current emphasis on laborforce relevance is having particularly detrimental effects. The current state of the humanistic disciplines may be characterized as that of a state of recession. Some of the external factors…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Curriculum Development, Educational Policy, Futures (of Society)
Mohr, Paul, Ed. – 1976
The multicultural education statement of the Multicultural Education Commission of the American Association for Colleges of Teacher Education (AACTE), "No One Model American," provides an impetus for much of the discussion in this selection of essays. The Brown I and Brown II court decisions escalated concerns as to how one person interacts with…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Education
Morshead, Richard W. – 1995
This college text on curriculum and educational theory presents 10 chapters, 8 of which focus on specific curriculum types. The first chapter, an introduction, identifies each of the curriculum orientations described in the succeeding chapters and examines the major theories that have been involved in curriculum development. The next eight…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Classical Literature, Competency Based Education, Curriculum
Buergenthal, Thomas; Torney, Judith V. – 1976
The purpose of this book is to raise the level of awareness and understanding of educators concerning the issues, problems, and efforts in international human rights. Intended for teachers, administrators, and curriculum writers, the book discusses human rights activities of international and regional organizations, principles of international…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Curriculum Development, Educational History, Educational Improvement
Corson, David, Ed. – 1991
This book contains 18 articles in which contributors from England, Canada, New Zealand, Scotland, Australia, and the United States explore the relationship between education and work in democracies. The articles are: "Introduction: The Meaning and Place of Work" (Corson); "Towards a Humanistic Conception of Education and Work"…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Curriculum Development, Democracy, Education Work Relationship