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Kinsella, Timothy – Interdisciplinary Humanities, 1995
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)
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Educational Strategies
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Mehl, James V. – Interdisciplinary Humanities, 1996
Reviews a two-horned dilemma faced when teaching values in the humanities classroom. Identifies the two horns as the demand for traditional value-centered education and the rapidly shifting cultural patterns of postmodern society. Explains an approach to value-centered education developed for use in an introductory humanities course. (DSK)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethical Instruction, Humanities Instruction
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Phillips, Rebecca Wright – Interdisciplinary Humanities, 1995
Proposes that dance is a language with its own symbols, gestures, and aesthetics with the power to communicate complex ideas and thoughts. Outlines how discussion, analysis, and criticism can be crafted from three major elements of dance: (1) space; (2) time; and (3) energy. Asserts that students can learn to read dance as a visual text. (CFR)
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Classroom Techniques, Communication (Thought Transfer), Curriculum Development
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Checkoway, Marjorie; And Others – Interdisciplinary Humanities, 1996
Maintains that a liberal education emphasizing the humanities provides teachers with a more expansive view of the world and the ability to adapt to changing paradigms. Outlines strategies, developed through a two-year project, for achieving this goal. Describes the project and includes a reading list. (MJP)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Improvement, Educational Strategies, Higher Education
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Kersell, Nancy D. – Interdisciplinary Humanities, 1995
Maintains that, although many educators and students know about the Holocaust as a moral and historical catastrophe, the expanding canon of Holocaust literature also merits study. Asserts that a course devoted to the Holocaust and its depiction in literature represents another way of integrating studies within the humanities. (CFR)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Hodges, David H. – Interdisciplinary Humanities, 1995
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…
Descriptors: Course Content, Cultural Context, Curriculum Development, Higher Education