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Freathy, Rob; Parker, Stephen G. – History of Education, 2013
With particular reference to religious education, this article provides an account of the campaigns of Secularists and Humanists in England in the 1960s and 1970s and locates them within their broader religious context. These campaigns, which have been both underplayed and overstated in the existing historiography, failed to garner the levels of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Religious Education, Ethical Instruction
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Kimball, Roland B. – NASSP Bulletin, 1976
Education, the author believes, falls far short of the goals set for it by our society. The humanities receive insufficient emphasis in the schools, and the quality of life in America is poorer because this is so. (Editor)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Attitudes, Educational Objectives, General Education
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Halford, Joan Montgomery – Educational Leadership, 1999
Educating for belief or unbelief means educating for religious and spiritual literacy and examining religions from historical and philosophical perspectives. The First Amendment does not forbid teaching about religion as part of our cultural heritage. Spirituality requires no institutional affiliation. Sacred music and art should be restored to…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Curriculum Development, Definitions, Educational Environment
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Trudeau, Sr. Christina Marie – Montessori Life, 2002
Discusses the influence of Hindu, Moslem, and Buddhist metaphysics on Maria Montessori's own pedagogical philosophy of Cosmic Education, which she regarded as the core of all learning experiences, after her visit to India. Considers the relationship between Montessori's ideas of child development and Cosmic Education, and the effect of Indian…
Descriptors: Child Development, Curriculum Development, Early Childhood Education, Ethical Instruction
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Myers, Donald A. – Educational Forum, 1972
Author attempts to describe and clarify some of the components of the humanistic school. (Author)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Development, Educational Environment
Society for Health and Human Values, Philadelphia, PA. – 1972
This document reports on the second session held by the Society for Health and Human Values. The aim of the meeting is to concentrate on specific measures for achieving a human-values orientation within the varied settings of medical education. Specifically, the following questions are raised: Why human values studies in medical education? How are…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Health, Higher Education, Humanism
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Loeffler, Margaret H. – Montessori Life, 2002
Discusses the introduction of Cosmic Education to Montessori elementary school children, focusing on the way the curriculum is structured around five "great stories": Creation, The Coming of Life, The Coming of Humans, and the stories of the development of Language and Mathematics. (JPB)
Descriptors: Child Development, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Ethical Instruction
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Carrim, Nazir; Keet, Andre – Perspectives in Education, 2005
This article reflects on experiences of attempting to infuse human rights in the South African Revised National Curriculum Statement (RNCS). Using our experiences as members of Human Rights and Inclusivity Group (HRIWG), one of the curriculum development structures set up for the RNCS, and focusing particularly on the Learning Area of Mathematics,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development, National Curriculum, Civil Rights
Ediger, Marlow – 1976
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'…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Curriculum Development, Decision Making, Educational Philosophy