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Communication, Language, and the Humanities.

Hartman, Geoffrey H. – ADE Bulletin, 1981

Concludes that the humanities cannot be reduced to the teaching of specific, depersonalized skills (such as editing) and that they must maintain the link between reading and writing. (AEA)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Communication Skills, English Departments, Higher Education

Educating Engineers: The Usefulness of the Humanities.

Porush, David; Benzon, William – ADE Bulletin, 1983

Defends the role of humanities instruction in the education of engineering undergraduates in the areas of problem solving, risk taking, and the synthesis of metaphors and symbols. (AEA)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Curriculum Design, Decision Making, Engineering Education