A project is described that seeks to incorporate broader understanding of the humanities into a teacher education program. The project is based on the assumption that the study of philosophy, history, literature, and other basic disciplines of the humanities will help prospective teachers to develop interpretive, normative, and critical…

Suggests that the threat to public schools, and concurrently to teacher education, lies in how the educational process itself is conceived and executed, contending that there is a greater threat to public schools, and teacher education, in conceiving and executing educational processes shaped by concerns for efficacy than in conceiving and…

This paper looks at the educational thought system that provides a contextual understanding of education, discusses what schools are for, and presents a vision for education. A review of educational literature reveals an ongoing search for a new educational paradigm and focuses on a transformed conception of teaching that shifts the focus from…

The Upward Bound Project for low income youth in Florida emphasizes humanistic education rather than education based on the capitalistic model of production, consumption, and competition. The project, which can serve as a model for education in developing countries, focuses on creating self-concepts and values to counteract those of an acquisitive…