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Olwig, Kenneth R. – Journal of Geography, 1987
This article describes how medieval cartography and art showing landscape scenes communicate important geographical knowledge. Specific attention is devoted to "Haymaking," the 1565 painting of Pieter Brueghel. (JDH)
Descriptors: Art, Art History, Geography Instruction, Higher Education
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Anthony, Robert B. – Clearing House, 1984
Argues for the need to instill in students a knowledge of culture. (FL)
Descriptors: Culture, Educational Philosophy, Higher Education, Humanities
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Katz, Elihu – Journal of Communication, 1983
"If communications research is now in ferment, that ferment can be attributed to its invasion by a broader set of multidisciplinary concerns and particularly to a reunion of the social sciences with the humanities." (Author)
Descriptors: Communication Research, Humanities, Interdisciplinary Approach, Mass Media Effects
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Bensman, Joseph – Journal of Aesthetic Education, 1973
Article considered the meaning of cultural services and its meaning for career education and professional education as well as the need for primary production and delivery services. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Art, Artists, Career Education, Cultural Activities
Eisenberg, William D. – Instructor, 1973
Only a positive personal commitment by the teacher can open the door to children's appreciation of poetry. (Author)
Descriptors: Creative Expression, Creative Writing, Fine Arts, Humanities Instruction
Johnson, Ronald – Media and Methods, 1974
Lists eight identifying characteristics of robopaths, people who have become so de-sensitized by the media and their environment that they are no longer capable of human response. Also suggests ways to combat the condition. (TO)
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Humanities, Mass Media, Secondary Education
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Smith, Seymour A. – Liberal Education, 1973
Report of the Commission on Religion in Higher Education of the Association of American Colleges covers religious criteria in the selection of faculty, undergraduate teaching of religion and campus professional religious leadership. (PG)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Humanities, Religion, Religious Education
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Workman, Brooke – English Journal, 1972
Discribes interdisciplinary approach to teaching American Culture by a multi-faceted study of a decade that relates the part to the whole and suggests further curricular possibilities. (Author/GB)
Descriptors: American Culture, Humanities, Interdisciplinary Approach, Small Group Instruction
Karel, Leon – Humanities Journal, 1972
A federal grant to the Missouri State Committee for the Humanities began a program aimed at emphasizing the human quality of existence, the beliefs and values by which man lends meaning to his daily existence. It has grown, through the county extension offices, to statewide proportions, providing curriculum guides, model programs, and improving…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Extension Education
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Gombrich, E. H. – Daedalus, 1973
Research in the humanities should be done in areas of interest, under circumstances conducive to intellectual study and should not be undertaken for the purposes of gathering all information on a subject, for the purpose of seeking the novel, in order to apply the latest research tools, or totally because the subject is being taught and…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Essays, Humanities, Research
Dyer, Prudence – Humanities Journal, 1972
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, Environment, Human Living
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Seaborg, Glenn T. – Impact of Science on Society, 1972
Federal financial assistance to the arts and the sciences, including that provided for higher education, will tend to unite the Two Cultures'' and help direct education from a focus on earning a living'' to total living.'' (AL)
Descriptors: Fine Arts, Government Role, Higher Education, Humanities
Nettinga, Jon; Sheratsky, Rod – Media Methods Explor Educ, 1969
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Film Study, Films, Humanities Instruction
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Bloomfield, Morton W. – Daedalus, 1970
The discussion centers around the dimensions of classification and experience in the study of art, literature, the social sciences, and philosophy. (DB)
Descriptors: Classification, Fundamental Concepts, Humanities, Intellectual Disciplines
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Kissell, William T. – English Education, 1972
Taking into account the positive value of all the audiovisual aids used in the modern high school, the author points out that it is still only the teacher who can help the pupil to recognize his own uniqueness and his own special strengths and weaknesses. (RB)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Educational Theories, Humanities, Teacher Role
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