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Read, Charlotte S. – ETC: A Review of General Semantics, 1975
Defines and explains Alfred Korzybski's theories about general semantics and suggests educational applications. (RB)
Descriptors: Definitions, Higher Education, Language Usage, Philosophy
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Danzig, Joy – ETC: A Review of General Semantics, 1974
Discusses the development of a curriculum built around the ideas expressed in "The Last Whole Earth Catalog." (RB)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Philosophy, Higher Education, Semantics
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Hays, Ellis; Anatol, Karl – ETC: A Review of General Semantics, 1972
The term surrogate experience" is a broad term that includes within its territory such events as role-taking, simulations, and academic games. (Authors)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Learning Activities, Learning Experience, Questioning Techniques
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Russell, Charles G.; Many, Paul – ETC: A Review of General Semantics, 1993
Shows how certain principles of the study of semantics might be employed in the journalism curriculum as a means of enhancing student reporters' understanding that their perceptions are limited and subject to distortion. Provides a model for explaining these limitations. (HB)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Higher Education, Journalism Education, Models
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Black, John A. – ETC: A Review of General Semantics, 1974
Describes a study to determine whether instruction in general semantics would reduce ethnic prejudice in high school students and to create a course of study in general semantics which would cause a reduction of ethnic prejudice. (TO)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Ethnic Relations, Language Usage, Secondary Education
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Moore, Dennis F. – ETC: A Review of General Semantics, 1973
Contains a systems analysis of the Mankind-Education System and a block-diagram model of this system. (DD)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, College Instruction, Concept Formation, Educational Theories
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Mores, Kaye – ETC: A Review of General Semantics, 1972
Author's discussion is based on the following assumptions: (1) the greater the degree of correspondence between the student's language and his world, the greater are his chances for sanity and survival; and (2) creativity consists of seeing new relationships, forming new organizations, or building new cognitive structures. (Author/MB)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Creative Development, Creative Teaching, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
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Murray, Elwood – ETC: A Review of General Semantics, 1976
Argues for a unified communication methodology at interpersonal, mass-media, organizational, and cultural levels. (HOD)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Interpersonal Relationship, Mass Media, Nonverbal Communication