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Revitalizing the Liberal Arts in St. Louis. CSCC Bulletin, Issue 11, 1984.
Curtis, Stephen M. – 1984
This bulletin highlights the efforts of the St. Louis Community College District to revitalize the liberal arts on its campuses. First, the structures and activities that were used to develop a liberal arts curriculum are described, including: (1) the formation of districtwide and campus Liberal Arts Committees; (2) the development of project…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Core Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Interdisciplinary Approach
Renne Intermediate School Features Personalized Instruction.
Profiles, Programs & Products, 1983
Renne (Oregon) Intermediate School offers an innovative program of personalized instruction to students in grades 6-8. Teachers work closely with individual students, following a continuous progress curriculum which allows cross-grade-level placement in the core areas of math, reading, and language arts. Based on cooperative district planning, the…
Descriptors: Continuous Progress Plan, Core Curriculum, Individualized Instruction, Interdisciplinary Approach
Integrating Sciences and Humanities. The Forum for Liberal Education.
Mohrman, Kathryn, Ed.; And Others – 1979
Eight programs are described that are representative of the variety of approaches to the problem of integrating the sciences and humanities. The reason why integration of science, humanities, and the social sciences is important in the undergraduate learning experience is addressed in an essay by George W. Hazzard entitled, "Knowledge…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Core Curriculum, Directories, Environmental Education
New Approaches to General Education-II. The Forum for Liberal Education, Volume II, Number 2, November, 1979.
Association of American Colleges, Washington, DC. – 1979
Eight new approaches to collegiate general education are described. In an introductory overview article, "Toward the Reconstruction of General Education," Jerry Gaff, director of a project on general education models, provides specific suggestions for institutional renewal, such as the formation of a task force, composed of faculty,…
Descriptors: Career Education, Case Studies, Colleges, Core Curriculum
Advancing the Liberal Arts. New Directions for Community Colleges, Number 42.
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Turesky, Stanley F., Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1983
Various aspects of liberal arts education in the community college are discussed in the 11 articles in this monograph. First, Myron A. Marty presents an overview of current conditions and pressures affecting the liberal arts in the two-year college. Then, Jack Friedlander reviews the data on student participation in liberal arts courses. Ruth G.…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, College Role, Community Colleges, Core Curriculum
Social Studies Core Curriculum in Fieldston Lower School.
Kuhmerker, Lisa, Ed. – Moral Education Forum, 1983
An overview is presented of an elementary-level social studies core curriculum at Fieldston Lower School (in New York City) in which the moral and ethical development of students is seen as a priority. Fieldston Lower School is one of three branches of the Ethical Culture Schools. Article 1 focuses on the modification of the traditional elementary…
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Elementary School Curriculum
Arts and the Curriculum for the 80s.
Major, Judith Strand – Review and Evaluation Bulletins, 1983
Learning factors that are improved by K-12 arts programs include perception, awareness, concentration, uniqueness of thought style, expression, inventiveness and problem solving, confidence and self worth, and motivation. The arts have been taught as an addition to the basic curriculum, not as part of the basic curriculum. This will continue…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Art Education, Artists, Community Resources