Martha Nussbaum argues that the aims of higher education ought to include the development in pupils of the capacity to contribute to the cultivation of humanity as intelligent, global citizens. For Nussbaum, "training" in this capacity is distinctly "philosophical" and she proposes that, to achieve this, teacher-pupil…

This article explores some of the key themes of John Macmurray's recently published lecture, "Learning to be Human". It focuses initially on three elements of his argument: relationships in education; education and the economy; and our corrosive obsession with technique. It then utilises Macmurray's views to develop a typology of…

Liberal arts education is described as both flexible and durable since its formulation. Though current pressures tend to fragment the senses of self and knowledge, the liberal arts, it is suggested, can reaffirm the values of wholeness and excellence. (Author/MLW)

Individual Humanities aims at "training independently acting and thinking individuals, who, however, see in the service of the community their highest life problem" by studying the lives of persons who have achieved independence of action and significant service to other human beings. Describes a course designed to develop students…

While the elements of enjoyment, creativity, and pleasure are present in the learning process, education is basically work, and despite its joyful aspects, it is sometimes drudgery. (JD)

The author discusses how to inculcate in pupils the capacities for liberty, equality, and fraternity, or, stated in other words, the capacities for creativity, for "give and take" among equals, and for perceptiveness of the real needs of others. (MJB)

Education consists of three important facets: reflection, action, and systematic instruction. Various mixtures of these components should be available to meet the needs of persons at the various stages of life, of persons in different groups, and of persons in different types of communities. (Author/WM)

The humanistic, moral, and essentially religious (re-ligare: to tie together) nature of education is examined to answer the questions: What are we educating for? And what kind of community are we trying to create through education? (MJB)

Noting potential conflict between the two most-frequently stated goals of independent schools, academic excellence and dedicated concern for the individual, the author discusses ways to achieve both. (SJL)

The educative community develops and mobilizes all resources, both human and physical, throughout the community in the development of human potential. The assumption that underpins the educative community is that all people are teachers and all are learners. (Author)

The statement that a teacher education program should develop a teacher's capacity for affective responses at the same time that it encourages the development of knowledge and skill in teaching is the affirmative hypothesis of this paper. A checklist was devised for the purpose of assessing the progressive and personalistic orientations of teacher…

Notes that lateral thinking is represented by the person who is able to exhibit exploratory behavior, while vertical thinkers take the most reasonable view of a situation and then proceed logically and carefully to work it out. Much of education and teacher education in particular reflects vertical thinking. (Author/AM)

Individual autonomy and responsibility to society through declared goals of education can be realized only when teachers provide a learning environment in which pupils are encouraged to make autonomous judgments in an environment of cooperative relationships. (JD)

This paper describes a project undertaken to legitimize the role of affective education in the development of the "whole" child. The two major objectives of Project Self are: (1) to gain acceptance of the study of one's self as a legitimate subject matter for students and teachers so that self-study curriculum and techniques will be accepted as…

To shed light on whether reason or attitudes, the intellect or the emotions, should be the primary focus of educational efforts, the writings of Jean Paul Sartre on human motivation are digested. Educators should foster the conscious and deliberate acceptance of the human condition of freedom. (PP)