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Download full textAspen Institute, 2018
Ideal for faculty and administrators looking to blend business education and the liberal arts, this toolkit combines exemplary syllabi from 26 leading institutions with step-by-step strategies to advocate successfully for curricular innovation. Conceived with comprehensiveness in mind, these resources cover both inspiration and implementation for…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Business Administration Education, Humanities, Liberal Arts
Peer reviewedGallegos-Ruiz, Antonieta; Jany, Carmen – International Research and Review, 2014
Teaching for cultural understanding has always posed many challenges regarding exactly what should be taught and how it should be presented. For instance: should students be taught a list of facts about another culture, which may lead to stereotyping? Should there be comparison between one's own and another culture, which may involve dealing with…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, American Indians, Interdisciplinary Approach, Cultural Differences
Direct linkAlagona, Peter S.; Simon, Gregory L. – Journal of Experiential Education, 2010
This paper argues that field courses can improve college students' interest and engagement not only in the environmental sciences, but also in the environmental humanities--including environmental history, philosophy, and literature. We base this argument on five years of experience teaching an environmental studies field course through the…
Descriptors: Humanities, Environmental Education, Field Instruction, Learner Engagement
Keysar, Ariela – New England Journal of Higher Education, 2010
Secularism is controversial in today's political debates, championed by some and vilified by others. So when Trinity College in Hartford, Conn., opened a center for the study of secularism in September 2005, some people worried that it could become a source of friction on campus--yet another battleground in the culture wars that are wreaking havoc…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Role of Religion, Interdisciplinary Approach, Workshops
California Humanities Association. – 1972
This directory is an attempt to identify arts and humanities programs and courses in the elementary and secondary school of the San Francisco Bay Area as perceived by teachers and administrators who have developed them. Questionnaires were distributed, and interpretation was left up to the person filling them out as to what constitutes the…
Descriptors: Art Education, Course Descriptions, Directories, Elementary Education
Olcott, Marianina – Forum on Public Policy Online, 2007
This paper seeks to explain the epistemological bases for the two cultures and to show why this disciplinary divide continues to plague American academic culture. Next, we discuss strategies for bridging the two cultures through general education curricula which promote mutual understanding of the two cultures while educating students in basic…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Metacognition, Sciences, Humanities
Berkeley Unified School District, CA. – 1967
THIS ADDENDUM TO A REPORT ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PROGRAM TO TEACH AND INTERRELATE ARTS AND HUMANITIES INSTRUCTION THROUGH THE USE OF EXTENSIVE RESOURCES, INNOVATIVE TEACHING METHODS, AND ADVANCED EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY OUTLINES THE ACTIVITIES AND GOALS OF THE ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED PLANNING STAGE OF THE PROGRAM AND OF THE PILOT (1967-68) AND…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives, Educational Technology
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1970
This framework is intended to be a flexible starting point for innovation, evaluation, and revision of curriculum and instructional programs. Here the social sciences also include: area studies (citizenship, conservation, comparative religions, ethnic studies, and contemporary affairs), and are linked with the natural sciences in comparing man…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Behavioral Objectives, Concept Teaching, Elementary Education
MONFORT, JAY B.; AND OTHERS – 1967
THIS REPORT DESCRIBES THE PLANNING STAGE OF A PROGRAM TO ENRICH HUMANITIES INSTRUCTION THROUGH THE USE OF INNOVATIVE TEACHING METHODS, EXTENSIVE MULTIMEDIA RESOURCES, AND ADVANCED EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY. A DESCRIPTION OF THE PLANNING GRANT ACTIVITIES CONSTITUTES A MAJOR SECTION OF THE REPORT. INCLUDED AMONG THESE ACTIVITIES ARE THE SELECTION OF…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Innovation, Educational Objectives, Educational Researchers
California State Board of Education, Sacramento. – 1970
This abstract provides a succinct and highly useful overview of the complete State curriculum guide for K-12 fully described in SO 000 539. It stands on its own as a summary of program rationale, design, content, and methods. (JLB)
Descriptors: Abstracts, Behavioral Objectives, Concept Teaching, Curriculum Guides
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1975
The following disciplines are treated in separate chapters which comprise the major portion of the document: visual and tactile arts; body education; music; drama and language arts; social sciences; foreign languages; mathematics; science; industrial arts; household arts; philosophy; and religion. The standard format of most chapters includes a…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Drama, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education
MONFORT, JAY B.; AND OTHERS – 1967
DESCRIBED IN THIS REPORT IS A PROJECT WHICH OFFERS INTERDISCIPLINARY HUMANITIES INSTRUCTION THROUGH EXTENSIVE MULTIMEDIA RESOURCES, INNOVATIVE TEACHING METHODS, AND ADVANCED EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY. THE PROJECT, STILL IN THE PLANNING STAGE, WILL ULTIMATELY BE HOUSED IN A SCIENTIFICALLY DESIGNED RESOURCE CENTER WHERE EDUCATIONAL EXHIBITS,…
Descriptors: Consultants, Curriculum Development, Educational Innovation, Educational Needs
Santa Clara County Office of Education, San Jose, CA. – 1970
The teacher resource guide for grades K through 12 was developed by a multi ethnic committee of educators to comply with the California Education code. "Instruction in the social sciences shall include the early history of California and a study of the role and contributions of American Negroes, American Indians, Mexicans, and other ethnic…
Descriptors: American Indians, Behavioral Objectives, Black History, Chinese Americans
