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Ellis, Nansi – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2018
This article re-states the importance of the arts and humanities for education, highlights the declining provision for them in schools, and argues that a fundamental re-think of the purposes of education is required to re-establish creativity at the heart of formal learning.
Descriptors: Art Education, Humanities Instruction, Relevance (Education), Educational Needs
Fried, Emanuel – New Directions for Experiential Learning, 1980
The reflections of worker-students at United Auto Workers Local 686 who participated in the humanities curriculum for adults developed at State University of New York College in Buffalo are presented. Most of the workers said they would never again be satisfied with their lives, especially their worklives. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Blue Collar Occupations, Creative Development
National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, DC. – 1998
Providing information on the important role that the arts and humanities can play in prevention efforts, this document offers several activities that draw upon the arts and humanities to increase young people's resiliency. Resiliency refers to children's ability to successfully adapt and develop in healthy ways, despite exposure to risk and…
Descriptors: Art Education, Child Welfare, Creative Activities, Creative Development