The five essays of this book focus on educational reform in higher education and are based on several persistent themes: that there is a fatal conflict between the graduate school and the undergraduate college; that "liberal" education is in a fundamental sense "politics", therefore, an education needed by everyone for all in a…

This eight-lesson unit introduces students to developments in Tokugawa, Japan, from 1630-1867. Students explore art, literature, and other primary sources to compile a picture of the stable, hierarchical society that the Tokugawa rulers sought to establish and maintain; students then draw on these sources to analyze social, economic, and cultural…

The Internet can take students on virtual field trips to anywhere earth, under the seas, out in space, or back in time. This book demonstrates how teachers can use the Internet to take students on field trips. Composed of two parts, part 1, "Preparing for the Trip," discusses the background of virtual field trips what they are, and why…

This study was undertaken as a report on a relatively new kind of graduate program. It is intended to present the characteristics of existing general education programs in the humanities for comparison and appraisal. Since this study deals with a relatively new and still experimental field, it should be regarded as a status report, or perhaps even…

Discusses reasons for failure of traditional science programs in contrast with current improvements in science teaching. Indicates that the difficulty of justifying science study will be removed if the use of science by nonspecialists can be proved interpretive rather than replicative or applicative through research studies. (CC)

A brief consideration of film study, television, advertising and an exploratory project. Author attempts to appraise mass media in terms of contemporary society and school curriculum. (HB)

Social Science was included in the Humanities curriculum to help students understand the nature of society and to understand the place of the individual in that society. Humanities studies had not been training students to make personal judgements about choices and consequences. (Author/JB)

Paper presented at the ADE/ADFL Joint Summer Seminar, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, June 26, 1973. (DD)

An experiment in communication among class members through impromptu game action, followed by discussion, is outlined. (JB)

Speech delivered at the TESOL Convention in New Orleans, Louisiana, March 6, 1971. (VM)

Article relates the findings of a 1971 National Association for the Teaching of English (NATE) study of a series of textbooks, which found the situation unsatisfactory. Author requests that more study be done on the subject. (JB)