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Trenton Public Schools, MI. – 1967
THE TRENTON, MICHIGAN, PHASE-ELECTIVE ENGLISH CURRICULUM, APPROPRIATE PLACEMENT FOR EXCELLENCE IN ENGLISH (APEX), WAS DESIGNED FOR A SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL WITH AN ENROLLMENT OF APPROXIMATELY 2000. STUDENTS ARE PLACED ACCORDING TO ABILITY IN AN UNGRADED CURRICULUM INCORPORATING FIVE ABILITY LEVELS (PHASES) AND ARE ALLOWED TO CHOOSE FROM AMONG…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Curriculum, Dramatics, Elective Courses
Keating, Keith – 1980
The major thesis of this paper is that the teaching of English should be interdisciplinary. The paper shows that the works of George Bernard Shaw and William Shakespeare are interdisciplinary and observes that the greatest current educational need is for breadth of education and interdisciplinary linkages rather than for transmission of facts. It…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives
Peters, Dianne S.; Trentham, Landa – 1980
The relationships among teaching techniques, definitions of curriculum, and time perceptions of male faculty members at a comprehensive state-supported university in the South were examined. The respondents were categorized into the three main academic areas of natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities. Curriculum definitions ranged from…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, College Administration, College Curriculum, College Faculty
Brawer, Florence B., Ed. – 1980
Based on research conducted by the Center for the Study of Community Colleges between 1975 and 1980, this monograph presents 11 articles on the role of humanities and sciences at two-year colleges. In the first three articles, Miriam Beckwith compares data on humanities faculty in Washington State with nationwide information; Joseph Marks…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Faculty, Curriculum Research, Educational Media
Kohler, Alfred D. – 1976
This manual is intended for use by adopters or adapters of a media-oriented arts and humanities program designed to train teachers in the techniques of humanizing the general curriculum. It contains lesson plans for kindergarten through grade three organized into the following categories: art, creative dramatics, film, movement, music, and poetry.…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Audiovisual Instruction, Creative Dramatics, Creativity
Kohler, Alfred D. – 1976
This manual is intended for use by adopters or adapters of a media-oriented arts and humanities program designed to train teachers in the techniques of humanizing the general curriculum. It contains lesson plans for grades four through six organized into the following categories: art, creative dramatics, film, movement, music, and poetry. Each…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Audiovisual Instruction, Creative Dramatics, Creativity
Cleek, John E.; And Others – 1979
These three commemorative speeches deal with the role of liberal education at Johnson County Community College (JCCC) and at community colleges in general. John E. Cleek, JCCC president, outlines the growth in enrollment and facilities that characterized the first decade (1969-1979) of JCCC's development and discusses the possibility that, with…
Descriptors: Arts Centers, College Role, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development
Schools Council, London (England). – 1976
This is one in a series of eight discussion pamphlets produced by the Writing Across the Curriculum Project dealing with some of the issues connected with writing in the schools and their relation to learning. The eight papers in the pamphlet were drawn from a seminar involving 11 geography, history, and English teachers and are concerned with…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Foreign Countries, Geography Instruction, History Instruction
Jones, Victor H., Ed. – Indiana English Journal, 1976
In this thematic issue, articles focus on the use of phase electives in the English classroom. Discussions include "Death in the Classroom,""Soapbox Operas in the English Classroom,""Language and History in Phase-Elective Programs,""Phase Electives and the Problem of Composition," and "Phase Electives and College Preparation.""Phase Electives Are…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Censorship, College Preparation, Death
Change Magazine, New Rochelle, NY. – 1978
This, the sixth and last Report on Teaching of "Change Magazine's" National Teaching Project, reviews the state of interdisciplinary studies in U.S. undergraduate study. Articles and authors included are: "An Integration of Knowledge and Experience" (Earl J. McGrath); "Interdisciplinary Studies: A MAtter of…
Descriptors: American Studies, College Instruction, Educational Innovation, Engineering
Women's Equity Action League, Washington, DC. – 1978
The document examines federal regulation of educational programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance. Specifically, the booklet explores discrimination against women by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The document is presented in seven chapters. Chapter I discusses…
Descriptors: Art, Awards, Citizen Participation, Civil Rights
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1978
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 12 titles deal with the following topics: a television course designed to improve community college students' writing skills; Christian humanism and the teaching of English; a folklore curriculum for junior high school students…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Annotated Bibliographies, Audiovisual Aids, Curriculum Development
Lipman, Matthew
The inclusion of philosophy as part of the elementary school curriculum is discussed in this paper. A definite trend toward specifically including ethics and logic offers a starting point for a philosophy course as part of the general curriculum or as a separate course of study. The author begins by presenting a general analysis of the recent…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development, Educational Innovation, Elementary Education
Lydiard, Beverly W., Ed.; Norton, Natalie, Ed. – 1974
This issue of Kaleidoscope, a magazine devoted to the exchange of ideas among schools and teachers in Massachusetts, describes 50 arts and humanities K-12 projects. These projects illustrate the premise that if the arts and humanities are to have their needed impact on a child's growth and development, they must not be treated as superimposed…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Curriculum Enrichment, Dance
Reid, William A., Ed.; Walker, Decker F., Ed. – 1975
In order to provide the educator with effective ways to translate new curriculum goals into classroom practice, this book presents seven case studies of curriculum change in Great Britain and the United States. The studies offer descriptions of a variety of phases in planning and implementation including curriculum content, planning, institutional…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Education, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
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