A company of professional actors perform scenes from history, act in plays, and do improvisations and poetry readings in university classrooms. Describes Illinois State University's unique program for enlivening the humanities. (Author/JF)

From a paper given at the NAHE Conference in Seattle, Washington, October 20, 1972. Directions necessary for the Humanities are discussed. (JB)

A rationale and specific suggestions for the limited and well-chosen use of opera to illuminate historical and cultural phenomena. A bibliography includes sources for background information on plots, music and composers. (JB)

Describes media literacy followed by argument for its inclusion in secondary school curriculum. Includes discussion of research on media literacy and examples of classroom curriculum. (Contains 28 references.)(PKP)

This study reports on the pedagogic rationale, didactic design and implications of an AHRC-funded doctoral training scheme in collaborative and digital multimedia in the humanities. In the second part of this article we discuss three areas of provision that were identified as particularly significant and/or controversial. These include (1) desktop…

The "New Humanities" has called for new ways of engaging with Humanities texts; the European Science Foundation is just one major research funder to demand that the Humanities contribute to interdisciplinary collaborations. Meanwhile, traditionally trained disciplinary academics have resisted bringing traditional texts into…

In arguing that philosophy should be taught in schools, it is defined as a search for truth and the ability to discern and distinguish logical coherence and abstract reasoning. The Classics may be used to teach philosophy; Plato's works, especially the "Euthyphro," are used to support the argument. (CHK)

From among the possible approaches to film study -- through the communicator, the medium, and the audience -- the process and motives involved in the communicator's manufacture of the film itself, is the strongest hook upon which to hang a methodology of film study. (JH)

This is a review of literature for the high school or college humanities teacher who is committed to the teaching of religion as part of the human experience. (Author)

The National Endowment for the Humanities was established in 1965 as an independent, grant-making agency of the U.S. government. The Endowment supports scholarly research, education, and public programs in the humanities. This report lists federal funds obligated for grants made in fiscal year 1989 through the Endowment's five divisions: Education…

Defends English instruction against the current trend of integrating such classes into humanities programs, arguing for the uniqueness and unpredictability of all experience and the human capacity to recreate, share, and evaluate experience as is taught in English. (Author/RB)

Paper presented at Annual Convention of National Council of Teachers of English (Milwaukee, Wis., November 28-30, 1968).

This conference, on the importance of the humanities in a society that is becoming more urban, youthful, and leisured, noted that humane ideals must not be lost in the quest for technical expertise. Junior colleges, relatively free from academic tradition, can respond to this expectation. The objectives of this conference were (1) to foster an…

Describes a curriculum development simulation exercise involving 70 third-year college education students from five subject departments. Participants engaged in the early planning stages of a comprehensive school humanities course defining man's needs, religion, policies, and personal relationships. (Author/RAO)