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Download full textSchenkat, Randolph J.; And Others – 1989
Project PIONEER (Partnerships in Integrating and Operating New Effective Educational Research) was a 2-year funded Title VI Excellence in Education Grant awarded to Independent School District 861, Winona, Minnesota, for the purpose of promoting among secondary students "learning how to learn" skills and an awareness of how knowledge is…
Descriptors: Humanities Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness, Interdisciplinary Approach, Learning Activities
Bergmann, Frithjof; And Others
National Humanities Faculty working papers are the result of faculty members' participation in or visits to humanities projects in schools across the country. The papers included in this document are reports to those schools and to the faculty on particular visits. Further documents in this collection, SO 007 915-918, have different…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Consultants, Curriculum Enrichment, Curriculum Evaluation
McIntyre, D.; Moodie, A. G. – 1971
This paper evaluates an experimental humanities program combining English and Social Studies materials in which students discussed topics of social concern. Grade distributions, teacher complaints, planned improvements, and responses to a student questionnaire are examined. A copy of the questionnaire is included. (DLG)
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Experimental Curriculum, Experimental Programs, Humanities Instruction
Mei, Dolores M.; And Others – 1988
During the 1987-88 school year the New York City Board of Education instituted Magnet School Programs in the following high schools: (1) Central Park East Secondary School; (2) The High School for the Humanities; (3) Townsend Harris High School; and (4) John Dewey High School. The programs at these schools were designed to offer special curricula…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Cultural Differences, Educational Environment
Thompson, Hugo W. – 1971
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…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Course Evaluation, Course Objectives, Curriculum Development
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. Dept. of Research and Evaluation.
An addendum to the final evaluation report (ED 130 950) of a senior high school Humanistic Studies Program is presented. The program was begun in the 1972-73 school year at Woodson High School, Washington, D.C. The program purpose was to provide interdisciplinary academic and cultural experiences to students in grades 10-12 in art, music, history,…
Descriptors: Art Education, Data, Educational Improvement, Field Trips
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. Dept. of Research and Evaluation. – 1976
This is the final evaluation report of a senior high school Humanistic Studies Program. This ongoing program was begun in the 1972-73 school year at Woodson Senior High School, Washington, D.C., to provide interdisciplinary academic and cultural experiences to students in grades 10-12 in art, music, literature, social studies, and history. The…
Descriptors: Art Education, Course Descriptions, Educational Improvement, Formative Evaluation
Thompson, Hugo W. – 1971
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…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Course Evaluation, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Research
