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Kimball, Roland B. – 1979
The Humanities Enrichment Program (HEP) and The Master Teacher Program (MT) were sponsored by the National Humanities Faculty to improve and encourage humanities instruction. The 40 schools in the program participated in curriculum development workshops, demonstration lessons, and public information meetings. A consultant also contacted local…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, High Schools, Humanities Instruction
McGlinn, Jeanne M. – 1999
Experiential learning, or learning by doing, fits newer conceptions about the process of learning. John Dewey's emphasis on experience as the key to real learning, Paulo Freire's criticism of the "banking concept" of education, and David Kolb's description of the cycle of experiential learning have changed the conception of learning.…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Experiential Learning, General Education, Higher Education
Walter, James A. – 1984
Writing across the curriculum involves helping students to learn how to learn by using appropriate parts of the writing process, to understand that certain standards are important if they are to be considered educated, and to ascertain that writing and learning involve similar procedures and methods. At Sinclair Community College, a writing across…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Content Area Writing, Course Content, Course Objectives
Doggrell, Joan; And Others – 1982
At Clark County Community College, efforts to integrate occupational and humanities curricula have focused on introducing humanities materials directly into selected vocational courses, which are required for program majors. In fall 1982, philosophy was introduced to students in a "Fundamentals of Nursing" course through a module…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Humanities Instruction, Interdisciplinary Approach, Learning Modules
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
Weaver, Laura H. – 1984
Acknowledging that in this age of technology students need to learn how to integrate the values of both the humanities and science/technology, this paper describes a special nonclassroom, noncredit program to that end for college freshman honors students at the University of Evansville (Indiana). Following an introduction, the paper discusses the…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, First Year Seminars, Higher Education, Honors Curriculum
Schulz, Beate A. – 1980
Based on information from professional organizations and individual colleges, this report examines strategies for strengthening the humanities within occupational curricula. The first part of the paper examines the fallacy in the belief that a philosophical antithesis exists between the humanities and other disciplines and discusses the decline of…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Curriculum Enrichment, Declining Enrollment, Educational Innovation
Ely, Robert – 1980
A redesigned college composition/humanities program that has as its primary goal the raising of the self-esteem of a predominately black student body is described in this paper. First discussed are the deficiencies of an earlier program, traditional freshman composition followed by sophomore humanities, that centered around the cultural…
Descriptors: Black Students, Course Content, Cross Cultural Studies, Higher Education
Parsons, Michael H. – 1978
In an effort to promote personal growth in an increasingly de-personalized society, an interdisciplinary humanities course, focusing on the needs of career students, was developed at Hagerstown Junior College (Maryland). The course, "The Arts: A Creative Synthesis", combines art, drama, and music with the intention of introducing…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Community Colleges, Curriculum Enrichment, Delivery Systems
Schlack, Marilyn; And Others – 1993
The papers in this collection describe partnership programs and projects involving Kalamazoo Valley Community College (KVCC) in Michigan. The first paper, "The Arcadia Commons Partnership: The Community College and Economic Redevelopment," by Marilyn Schlack, describes the Arcadia Commons, a business-education park in downtown Kalamazoo,…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Community Colleges, Community Development, Consortia