An interdisciplinary, core course in humanities offered at Allegheny College (Pennsylvania) approaches ethical and aesthetic issues in untraditional ways to encourage students to think more independently and articulate ideas with greater breadth. The three-term course is taught by teachers from many departments. Course sections are limited to 18…

This document is a summary report on a three-year project (1968-71) to determine the feasibility of high school philosophy courses. Two high schools in the Chicago inner city and eight in the suburbs were selected to participate. Representatives of the schools participated in the selection of project teachers. The staff aimed to discover what…

Described in this document is a three year project to determine the feasability and effectiveness of philosophy as a high school subject. Experimental problems are: 1) can philosophy be taught as a regular subject; 2) if so, how; 3) what are the problems; and 4) what objectives, methods, materials, and evaluation processes are valid and useful for…