Maintains that ethics is behavior as judged according to some understood standard. Recommends the use of "occasional" ethics, an informal but reflective approach that can be used in many course designs. Illustrates the concept with examples from the author's instruction in humanities courses. (CFR)

Describes instructional strategies and content for a course titled "Those Fabulous (?) Sixties." Discusses the course structure outlining four paradigms of social science research and action. Maintains that the course helps students know more about themselves, their values, and their relationships to society. (CFR)

Addresses a course entitled "Culture and Technology" specifically focusing on one aspect of this course, "The Conquest of Time and Space." Summarizes the role of technology in the transformation of society's perception of time and space and how this affected artists and writers. Highlights resources on this course topic and provides a…

Reveals that through the use of the movie "Groundhog Day," students in humanities courses can grasp Friedrich Nietzsche's myth of eternal recurrence; the myth addresses the question of what if everything that occurred in one's life occurred again just as it happened before. Discusses the similarities between Nietzsche's myth and the…

Believes that a humanities survey course should engage the "whole student" allowing students to draw from their entire identity that includes personal insights, experiences, and heritage. Argues that the survey course should teach students formal analysis, perceptive writing, and critical thinking skills. Describes a humanities survey that focuses…

Describes a course entitled "Art and Art Theory of the 18th Century" designed for both undergraduate and graduate students that introduces them to the demanding work of scholars as opposed to the broad survey courses usually offered. Justifies and highlights the readings for the course and provides a sample schedule. (CMK)

Addresses some of the results from the Funding For Results (FFR) program at Missouri Western State College that introduced specific Internet searches and communication of the results of that student research. Explains that the FFR's instructional interventions may be of interest to teachers of introductory courses especially in the humanities.…

Maintains that a difficulty in teaching humanities survey courses is coordinating data from the various disciplines of cultural history. Recommends the use of creation stories as "windows" on the cultures of the Egyptians, Mesopotamians, and the Hebrews. Provides an overview of each culture's creation stories and a bibliography of…