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Nokes, Christopher – Journal for Learning through the Arts, 2017
Students are embedded in a stochastic world. Postmodern practitioners of fragmentation accept this, however they dispute Jungian and Eriksonian wholeness. The existential representation ego as a two-dimensional thing, the Kantian-, Jungian- I-formation is questioned. Similarly, Gardnerian frames of mind and MI are questioned as functional…
Descriptors: Visualization, Environmental Influences, Literacy, Holistic Approach
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Walton, Andrea – American Educational History Journal, 2015
Historians have recently opened up a reconsideration of the 1950s. Long characterized as a time of stolid conformity and Cold War conservatism, the era is increasingly seen in more variegated terms. Studies exploring a range of institutions, causes, and activities have illuminated ways the intellectual and social soil of postwar America gave root…
Descriptors: Philanthropic Foundations, Educational History, Educational Practices, Educational Development
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Canagarajah, A. Suresh – TESOL Quarterly, 1996
Focuses on the current trend to critique the governing assumptions of research writing at the same time that a critical research practice is being developed. The article argues that the genres of academic writing are more integral to intellectual practices than traditionally assumed. (31 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Expository Writing, Intellectual Development, Intellectual Freedom, Personal Narratives
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Moshman, David – Liberal Education, 2003
Asserts that liberal education has the promotion of intellectual development as a primary goal, and that to encourage intellectual progress, a context of intellectual freedom is necessary. Offers a set of principles of academic freedom that it suggests are foundational to the promotion of intellectual development. (EV)
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, College Instruction, College Students, Educational Objectives
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Moshman, David – New Directions for Child Development, 1986
Proposes six legal principles of children's intellectual rights that can be derived from the First Amendment. Argues that only the government (including public schools) is constitutionally obligated to act in accord with these principles. Proposes that the principles can serve as ethical guidelines for parents and private schools as well. (NH)
Descriptors: Childrens Rights, Civil Rights, Court Litigation, Intellectual Development
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Kaplan, Laura Duhan – Educational Theory, 1991
Discusses beliefs about autonomy, curriculum, and reading that inform the teaching model of critical thinking. It suggests that teaching critical thinking in college as it has evolved into teaching of informal logic is not sufficient for actualizing the ideal of education for autonomy. (SM)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Decision Making, Educational Theories, Higher Education