Article proposed a curriculum with its base in humanities education through the symbolic arts, a curriculum that allows for and encourages encounters with various levels of meaning. (Author/RK)

For the Aristotelian principle to become operative, certain principles must be met. Individuals should be free from anxiety about satisfying basic needs. They cannot enjoy complexity in their lives beyond a certain point. To have satisfying lives, individuals should engage in both passive and active enjoyments, leading from a lower to a higher…

Describes a number of approaches that schools may take to humanize the educational system and counteract contemporary objectivity, dehumanization, and alienation. (JH)

Part 1 of this paper discusses contributions made by diverse schools of thought in the philosophy of education to the development of a relevant social studies curriculum. The relevance of major philosophical approaches to teaching and learning is considered in light of the approaches' influences on instructors' teaching styles and students'…