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Beckwith, Miriam M. – 1980
Brief, one-paragraph descriptions are provided of 21 learning activities designed to integrate humanities instruction into community college occupational curricula. The activities, undertaken at colleges nationwide, are described under four headings: (1) interdisciplinary courses, which introduce a variety of humanities disciplines to non-transfer…
Descriptors: Courses, Curriculum Enrichment, Faculty Development, Humanities
Heberlein, Larry Allen – 1982
Vocational students require their own humanities courses not because they differ from liberal arts students in their abilities, values or aspirations, but because their programs are more structured and allow less time for electives. In order to serve vocational students, humanities courses should fit the tight time and credit constraints of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Humanities Instruction, Interdisciplinary Approach, Program Descriptions
Doggrell, Joan; And Others – 1982
At Clark County Community College, efforts to integrate occupational and humanities curricula have focused on introducing humanities materials directly into selected vocational courses, which are required for program majors. In fall 1982, philosophy was introduced to students in a "Fundamentals of Nursing" course through a module…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Humanities Instruction, Interdisciplinary Approach, Learning Modules
Schulz, Beate A. – 1980
Based on information from professional organizations and individual colleges, this report examines strategies for strengthening the humanities within occupational curricula. The first part of the paper examines the fallacy in the belief that a philosophical antithesis exists between the humanities and other disciplines and discusses the decline of…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Curriculum Enrichment, Declining Enrollment, Educational Innovation
1977
Descriptions of nine humanities programs supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities at two- and four-year colleges are presented in this document. These include a 15-hour team taught interdisciplinary program for technology students at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (Georgia); the Bay Area Writing Project, aimed at strengthening…
Descriptors: College Language Programs, General Education, Higher Education, Humanities Instruction
Parsons, Michael H. – 1978
In an effort to promote personal growth in an increasingly de-personalized society, an interdisciplinary humanities course, focusing on the needs of career students, was developed at Hagerstown Junior College (Maryland). The course, "The Arts: A Creative Synthesis", combines art, drama, and music with the intention of introducing…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Community Colleges, Curriculum Enrichment, Delivery Systems
Grede, John F. – 1992
Contending that the nation's community colleges should improve the training of future workers by building a national job training program based on successful components already in existence, this paper reviews seven monographs published by the National Council for Occupational Education (NCOE) since 1985 which identify, highlight, or address…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Associate Degrees, College Role, Community Colleges
Hurst, Darrell, Ed.; Jobin, Robert, Ed. – VCCA Journal, 1989
The first issue of this semi-annual journal features presentations and papers from the sixth Annual Virginia Community Colleges Association Convention held November 17-18, 1988, including the following: "Community College Mission: An Ideology Out of Balance," by Darrel Clowes and Bernard H. Levin; "The Bottom of the Blind Man's…
Descriptors: College Planning, College Role, College School Cooperation, Community Colleges
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Public Schools, Charlotte, NC. – 1968
This application for continuation of an ESEA, Title III, grant to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg, N.C., Schools' Experimental Model School Unit (a senior high school and its two junior high and six elementary feeder schools with a program of research, experimentation, innovation, and dissemination designed to act as a catalyst for curriculum,…
Descriptors: Data Processing, Education Service Centers, Educational Innovation, Educational Objectives
Leutheuser, Jami, Ed. – 1994
This publication provides current descriptions of exemplary educational programs in many areas that meet National Education Goals and Department of Education's Program Effectiveness Panel standards. Opening sections list the National Goals for Education, offer questions and answers about the volume, list projects approved since the last edition…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Adult Education, Career Education, Demonstration Programs