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Bulman, James C. – 1983
An interdisciplinary, core course in humanities offered at Allegheny College (Pennsylvania) approaches ethical and aesthetic issues in untraditional ways to encourage students to think more independently and articulate ideas with greater breadth. The three-term course is taught by teachers from many departments. Course sections are limited to 18…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art Appreciation, Beliefs, Critical Thinking
Cannon, Harold C. – 1975
Familiarization with the thoughts and creations of great minds, past and present, is a significant function of education. Many students, however, are effectively denied such opportunity for intellectual growth by the identification of education with job-training. Much of the curriculum neglects the past and the foreign. Humanists approach this…
Descriptors: Classical Languages, Classical Literature, Cultural Background, Educational Attitudes
Kelly, Robert A. – 1987
To see literature as a sign and a symbol simply reasserts the view of the humanities as the embodiment of the highest aspirations of human nature. Human beings are sign givers and symbol makers as they look for the sacred meaning in their lives. Through a college humanities course, some of the symbols that artists employ in fiction, poetry, drama,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Higher Education, Humanities Instruction, Imagery
Jarvis, John C. – 1993
A National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant funded a study to establish an International Humanities Curriculum that would serve as a model of curricular internationalization upon which interested observers might draw for revision of their own curricula. This curriculum revision project introduced the study of texts, ideas, themes, and…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Curriculum Development, Higher Education
Tuchman, Barbara W. – 1980
The first publication in the Viewpoint Series of the Center for the Book, this booklet contains the first lecture commemorating Luise Sillcox. The booklet includes a preface by John Y. Cole, Executive Director of the Center for the Book, and an introduction by John Hersey, President of the Authors League of America. The lecture presented in the…
Descriptors: Books, History, Humanities, Information Dissemination
Dorenkamp, Angela G. – 1982
Designing a women's studies course that would be truly interdisciplinary, and not merely multidisciplinary as most such courses usually are, requires an understanding of the fundamental differences between the aims and outlooks of the humanities and the social sciences. The humanities are more concerned with process than product, with judgment…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Global Approach, Higher Education, Humanities
Levin, Harry – 1980
Noting that higher education across the centuries has constituted a continuing dialogue between the minds of ancestors and of contemporaries, this paper traces the history of the common or core curriculum at the university level and warns against the current state of affairs. The paper proposes that a pedagogy is needed that can both discern and…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Cultural Background, Educational History, Educational Needs
Osborn, Frances P. – 1982
Business and Humanities are fields that have rarely appreciated each other. Humanists have tended to view business as narrow and one-dimensional, and business people have tended to view the humanities as idealistic and removed from the world. In order to combat these views and bring these fields closer together, Monroe Community College has…
Descriptors: Business Education, Community Colleges, Course Content, Course Objectives
Murphy, Miriam L. – 1980
In searching for ways to provide continuing education in the humanities, community colleges can look to the various state programs sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities which, since 1970, have taken humanities education out of the traditional library/classroom environment and into non-traditional settings, such as school…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Colleges, Humanities, Literature
Schaefer, William D. – ADE Bulletin, 1981
Explores the state of college English instruction and suggests several solutions to the problems of the nineties, including erasing the division between literature and composition teachers and developing closer working relations between educational institutions. (AEA)
Descriptors: College English, College School Cooperation, Curriculum Development, English Departments
Anderson, Gwendolyn; Ewing, Dessa – 1989
In order to promote multi-cultural literacy among its students, Delaware County Community College (DCCC) developed a multi-cultural sequence of humanities electives. The sequence emerged as a response to the predominantly White student body's lack of knowledge or curiosity about other cultures. The first of the four courses in the sequence is…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Exchange, Curriculum Enrichment
Jenkinson, Edward B. – 1980
This paper gives a brief history of the Reverend Jerry Falwell's Moral Majority campaign against humanism in public school education. The document describes the successful textbook evaluation strategies of Mel and Norma Gabler of Texas, on which Dr. Falwell relies heavily, and lists 20 organizations protesting textbooks, library books, and…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Attitude Change, Attitudes, Censorship
Slonecker, William G. – 1981
Chemeketa Community College's (CCC's) efforts to place a greater emphasis on the humanities within occupational curricula are described in this report. It first relates the background of the rift between humanities and technical faculty at the college, which developed after the introduction of a separate transfer curriculum in 1970 and which…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Consortia, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Enrichment
Keating, Keith – 1980
The major thesis of this paper is that the teaching of English should be interdisciplinary. The paper shows that the works of George Bernard Shaw and William Shakespeare are interdisciplinary and observes that the greatest current educational need is for breadth of education and interdisciplinary linkages rather than for transmission of facts. It…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives
Slonecker, William G. – 1981
Many who believe in the value of the study of the humanities are faced with the problems of how to attract vocational students to humanities courses, maintain their interest in such courses so that they fulfill the general education requirements for graduation, and, if possible, generate an ongoing interest in the humanities. In response to these…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Course Content, Course Objectives, Courses
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