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Malcolm, Dorothea C. – 1976
The thesis explores the development of Paul Klee, a German artist, in terms of his educational and artistic philosophies. The research was limited to his teaching years at the Bauhaus and the Dusseldorf Academy, 1921 through 1933. Klee's own writings served as primary sources, and other sources included his son, a close friend, and Bauhaus…
Descriptors: Art, Art Appreciation, Artists, Creativity
Best, Billy F. – 1973
Comprised of 4 chapters, this dissertation explores the existential premise "existence precedes essence" as applicable to development of a conceptual model for an Appalachian studies curriculum. Entitled "Personal Considerations: Pedagogy of a Hillbilly", the 1st chapter details the conflicts between the Appalachian institution…
Descriptors: Conceptual Schemes, Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Development, Doctoral Dissertations
Harvey, Gary D. – 1976
This study was concerned with two things: (1) to determine whether a generally accepted definition of environmental education was extant; and (2) to determine whether a generally accepted substantive structure of environmental education was extant. It was determined that no single generally accepted definition was extant. The key words and phrases…
Descriptors: Conceptual Schemes, Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education
Dinan, John Stephen – 1976
The problems that the composition teacher finds in student writing and the philosophical hazards involved in dealing with the concepts "language" and "writing" are considered first. Active and static models of writing are examined in terms of their philosophical and pedagogical implications. Static conceptualizations of language and writing are…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, English Instruction, Language Acquisition, Language Fluency
Tapp, Richard Laurence – 1975
The purposes of this dissertation are to develop a model which can be used to evaluate programed instructional materials in English; to apply this model to currently available programs in language, composition, and literature; and to describe both the early historical developments in programed instruction as an educational strategy in general and…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Doctoral Dissertations, English Curriculum, Evaluation Methods
Lynn, Matthew T. – 1997
This paper addresses the literary canon surrounding the nineteenth century philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, in order to inform philosophy librarians as to the nature of the particular body of literature. Using the "Philosopher's Index" database to locate all the Nietzschean literature published between 1986 and 1995, defining…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Authors, Bibliometrics, Books