This paper scrutinizes the contribution of Romulo de Carvalho to the development of the Portuguese science curriculum, arguing that it was critically informed by his lifetime inclination to the humanities. It focuses on a particular historical event: the 1948 chemistry programme for the secondary school "Liceus". The paper briefly…

The University of California, Los Angeles, medical school has developed and implemented, "Doctoring," a four-year interdisciplinary course sequence to prepare students to care for patients, families, and communities in a caring, humanistic, and competent manner. Each year has a special area of emphasis but with a cumulative approach to…