Asserts the need for new undergraduate culture studies textbooks that maintain broad historical scope and shed the Western humanistic model. Proposes a "postmodern textbook" less concerned with covering canonical facts than with issues to be discussed and situations to be analyzed. (21 citations) (VWC)

This paper examines and compares the formation processes and structures of three types of integrative knowledge that in general represent natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities. These three types can be observed, respectively, in the philosophies of Michael Polanyi, Jurgen Habermas, and Paul Ricoeur. These types of integrative knowledge…

This research paper advocates that there is no apparent common language among museum exhibit literature that will facilitate those wishing to develop a display. The development process of a display is the same, regardless of the items on display. To address this problem of a common terminology, the recommendations need to be developed for a model…

The Midwest Philosophy of Education Society strives to enhance and deepen the level of conversation about education in the modern world and to evaluate, in moral terms, the relationship of education to the larger society. The following papers were presented at the 1978 annual meeting of the Society: "Educational Evaluation and Emancipation" (Gary…

The Midwest Philosophy of Education Society strives to enhance and deepen the level of conversation about education in the modern world and to evaluate, in moral terms, the relationship of education to the larger society. The following papers were presented at the 1985 annual meeting of the society: "A Plea for Philosophical Reflections" (George…

A National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant funded a study to establish an International Humanities Curriculum that would serve as a model of curricular internationalization upon which interested observers might draw for revision of their own curricula. This curriculum revision project introduced the study of texts, ideas, themes, and…

This report was developed from a task force of education, arts, business and foundation leaders to address the question: What knowledge can research create that will help schools and policy makers provide an appropriate arts education to American students? The report recommends that research be conducted on five aspects of student learning in the…

This paper advocates music and other arts as offering a unique course to both the celebration of cultural diversity and the pursuit for those human, unifying factors that may keep society together. Sections of the paper include an introduction, a historical perspective on the value of the arts and humanity, and a conclusion related to how equity…

Because of the perception that the humanities lack practical application to real problems and issues of many adults, they tend to be neglected in adult and continuing education programs/courses. In reality, the humanities can offer insight into the ways people view and interpret life's events. Several major trends in continuing education suggest a…

This article illustrated ways in which language itself contributes to man's understanding of himself. (Editor/RK)

Article presented three examples of an informal humanities approach attempted at the elementary level, specifically, at the Brookside School, a coeducational day school at the Cranbrook educational community in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. (Author/RK)

This article reviews the literature pertaining to community college faculty in the humanities--their backgrounds and preparation; inservice training; satisfaction, attitudes, and values; and approaches to curriculum and instruction. (Author/NHM)

Article evaluated media courses as seen from the perspective of the humanities teacher, determined to keep traditional humanities courses intact. (RK)

The three large problems in American higher education discussed in this article are 1) increasing uncertainity about the purpose of higher education; 2) increasing emphasis on passive study of abstractions; and 3) increasing monolingualism, a symbol a ethnocentrism or American "hybris." (JH)

This article describes the conflict between scientific and humanistic culture within the university environment. Only when each of the two cultures has accepted the limitations of its role can they usefully cooperate. (DE)