Asserts that physics should be taught to stress the human aspects of laws of nature and scientific application of physical concepts. (CP)

This paper presents a humanistic interpretation of behaviorally oriented programs that attempt to help school personnel increase the effectiveness of the approach. Far from being dehumanizing and mechanical, behaviorally oriented approaches can provide the groundwork for developing in each pupil a sense of individual worth and personal…

This paper examines educational practice between 1450-1650, highlighting 16th century educationist, Peter Ramus, whose work is remembered in the "History of Western Philosophy" as fostering a "pedagogic marvel." Ramus' work has received scant attention from English-speaking educationists, and his niche within the educational…

Suggests behavioral objectives can be used to achieve humanistic goals in teaching freshman composition to college students. (RB)

Describes the collection of the citations to Carolyn Miller's "A Humanistic Rationale for Technical Writing." Reviews the text to reveal her knowledge claims, and identifies authors who have cited those claims. Organizes these intertextual connections around three broad topics: teaching, rhetorical features, and communities. Illustrates…

Explores and interprets the history of anatomy education, drawing on subjective commentary and objective data from various historical periods. Suggests that although anatomy is in decline from a scientific point of view, dissection is enjoying a revival as a vehicle for teaching humanist values in medicine. (SLD)

Reviews efforts to humanize science education by including the history of science, and reviews the rationale for including the history of science in the science education curriculum. Synthesizes a conceptual framework for examining the role of the history of science in science education and uses the framework to examine the perceptions and…

If the modern idea of education has any distinguishing characteristic, it is the claim to evoke more than knowledge and capability. It is thus distinctly characterised not by methodising teaching and accordingly subjecting the material to a didactic reduction. It is admittedly decisive that all should be able to learn everything, but in order that…

This essay briefly explores reflections of Anna Julia Cooper concerning the meaning and significance of moments within educational settings when the conditions for laughter and language break down. The author suggests that what she presented as moments of social and political failure have become the aims of contemporary, rigid nonpromotion public…

While the physiological explanations from neuroscience help explain the mechanisms of learning, they fall short of explaining the sociocultural and phenomenological factors that determine a stressful versus a challenging interpretation of experience. For this reason, neuroscience seems less than useful to classroom teachers. A major obstacle in…

Describes a humanistic, non-cognitive, experiential approach to the teaching of writing and discusses a study which confirmed the effectiveness of this approach at the Study Skills Center of San Diego State University. (DD)

Authors stress the need of students to know more human beings and to know more about human beings; and they list several ideas for the study of current events. (GB)

Considered two powerful philosophies vying for the hand of education - behaviorism and humanism - and which had greater relevance for what artists do. Author also suggested ten methods for making a humanistic model operative and meaningful. (Author/RK)

This article makes a realistic appraisal of the future of interdisciplinary humanities courses at the secondary level and discusses what impact it might have on the total school curriculum. The journal is available from the National Association for Humanities Education, P. O. Box 628, Kirksville, Missouri 63501. Articles from this issue are SO 504…

A humanistic approach to debate coaching enhances the ideal of free thought by opposing any censorship of ideas, promoting a wide variety of perspectives on human experience, and encouraging independent, critical thinking and problem solving. This is opposed to traditional authoritarian models in which the teacher is the powerful decision maker…