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O'Brien, Traci S. – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 2020
In the literature on intercultural competence, such competence, or set of competencies, is desirable precisely because a globalized world needs world citizens who are at home everywhere and can deal effectively with alterity -- presumably in order to be agents of positive change. To remain relevant, we as teachers in German Studies need…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, German
Ellis, Nansi – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2018
This article re-states the importance of the arts and humanities for education, highlights the declining provision for them in schools, and argues that a fundamental re-think of the purposes of education is required to re-establish creativity at the heart of formal learning.
Descriptors: Art Education, Humanities Instruction, Relevance (Education), Educational Needs
McCue, Frances – Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 2015
This article is delivered to the reader in 13 stanzas, and is a modest takeoff of Wallace Stevens' poem, "Thirteen Ways of Looking at A Blackbird." The poem may be better known for the art and arguments created in its wake than for the original. In "Blackbird," Stevens displays a blackbird in a tree, then cuts language to its…
Descriptors: Humanities, Poetry, Didacticism, Literature Appreciation
Rao, Michael – Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 2015
In February of 1967, newly elected Governor Ronald Reagan delivered a speech about California's austere budget in which he chided the "intellectual luxury" of higher education as something that could lead to "economic ruin" if unchecked. "Taxpayers shouldn't be subsidizing intellectual curiosity," Gov. Reagan decreed.…
Descriptors: Honors Curriculum, Humanities, Higher Education, Role of Education
Wiseman, Wendy A.; Kesgin, Burak – Teaching Theology & Religion, 2015
This essay is part of a collection of short essays solicited from authors around the globe who teach religion courses at the college level (not for professional religious training). They are published together with an introduction in "Teaching Theology and Religion" 18:3 (July 2015). The authors were asked to provide a brief overview of…
Descriptors: Religion, Sociology, Religious Education, Foreign Countries
Dierking, Kirsten – Thought & Action, 2010
In this article, the author shares how she designs fun and fascinating western humanities courses at a community college in Minnesota. Using the example provided by many excellent past instructors, and through numerous late-night research sessions, she began to develop techniques and exercises that would help her achieve her goals in the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Humanities, Humanities Instruction, Teaching Methods
Kissel, Adam – Academic Questions, 2009
The University of Chicago met widespread national opposition ten years ago after it instituted a new, less demanding core curriculum to make way for more electives. It was part of a plan to make the curriculum significantly less demanding in order to attract more students and improve the school's bottom line in a time of putative budget deficits.…
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, Elective Courses, Course Selection (Students), Required Courses
Sibley, Michael O., Ed. – Alabama Department of Education, 2010
"Alabama Education News" is published monthly except for June, July, and December by the Alabama Department of Education. This publication, authorized by Section 16-2-4 of the "Code of Alabama", as recompiled in 1975, is a public service of the Alabama Department of Education designed to inform citizens and educators about…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, High School Seniors, Public Education, Profiles
Gabrielsen, Magnus; Saugstad, Tone – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2007
This analysis seeks to unite both an architectural and an educational perspective on the transformation of the university into a postmodern institution. Our point of departure is an analysis of the new buildings for the Faculty of Humanities University of Copenhagen which are located on the island area of Amager, to the south of Copenhagen's…
Descriptors: Humanities, Architecture, Foreign Countries, Educational Facilities
Saint Anselm's Coll., Manchester, NH. – 1981
Examined is the Humanities Program at St. Anselm College, a two-year program of readings and lectures ordered chronologically from ancient to contemporary times--from the age of Classical Greek thought and the Old Testament to the twentieth century. The first year of the Humanities Program is organized in eight units on general modes of…
Descriptors: College Students, Course Content, Curriculum, Curriculum Design

Renyi, Judith; Lubeck, Dennis R. – Social Education, 1994
Responds to the revised National Council for the Social Studies Guidelines on Multicultural Education. Maintains that the guidelines contribute the common misunderstanding about the relationship between multicultural and international education. Argues that the arts and humanities must be a part of effective multicultural education. (CFR)
Descriptors: Aesthetic Values, Art, Art Education, Citizenship Education
Stimpson, Catharine R. – 2003
The Carnegie Foundation commissioned a collection of essays as part of the Carnegie Initiative on the Doctorate (CID). Essays and essayists represent six disciplines that are part of the CID: chemistry, education, English, history, mathematics, and neuroscience. Intended to engender conversation about the conceptual foundation of doctoral…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives, Educational Planning
Ren, Li-juan; Tang, Zheng – International Education Studies, 2008
As for the heated problem of the Internationalized Higher Education (IHE), the thesis makes a deep research stating the tendency of IHE and focusing on the strategy and the issues that must be paid more attention to in the realization of the Internationalized Higher Education (IHE).
Descriptors: Higher Education, Global Approach, Educational Change, Educational Practices
Goulter, I. C. – Engineering Education, 1985
Reviews and discusses objectives of the humanities and social science (HSS) component in undergraduate engineering programs, examining variations in HSS requirements among engineering disciplines. Also suggests some innovative approaches intended to resolve the conflict between the objectives and the current reality in engineering curricula. (JN)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, Engineering Education, Higher Education
Fuller, Judith A. – Forum on Public Policy Online, 2007
Most Americans actually understand the importance of an education rich in arts, science and humanities. But what they may not realize is that their children are not getting enough. Each day more and more of the arts and humanities are being drained from our nation's school curriculums. Studies have shown that the arts play a stimulating role in…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Art Education, Science Education