Argues that a society without reverence for myths and history inevitably falls prone to chaos and evil, pointing to abortion, Andy Warhol's celebrity, and Woodstock as evidence of this disintegration of society. Proposes that humanities education expose students to human experience based on some awesome and fixed moral order. (AYC)

Outlines Harry Broudy's distinction between three kinds of knowledge: knowledge involving statements or assertions about the world, knowledge involving abilities to do things, and knowledge involving commitment to carry out what we know must be done. (SS)

A liberal education should not be judged on the criteria of "knowing that" or "knowing how" but on "knowing with," not on whether a previously learned content can be recited or applied but by the way those learned contents provide contexts or meaning. (Author)

Arguing that problems associated with the inter-relationships between money spent and educational effectiveness are not in surmountable, this paper addresses: setting goals and identifying measures of effectiveness; determining program effectiveness in relation to the goals of education; and determining cost effectiveness. Pennsylvania Department…

The author advocates education that both acculturates and explores values. (MM)

The third aim of education is the development of civilized persons. (MM)

When teachers prepare their own curriculum outlines, crucial issues come to the surface, promoting examination of what teachers believe about themselves, about children, and about teaching. (Author/MLF)

The deeper level of paradox is that public money supports education to advance the public interest, but how much and what kind of education are safe? How much education supports evolution and how much supports revolution? (Author/IRT)

Surveyed schools that are members of the Association of Theological Schools to investigate the state of assessment of learning for religious vocation. Responses from 84 schools show considerable interest nationwide in assessment of learning and demonstrate characteristics of schools that are exploring new approaches to assessment of learning for…

Culturally competent nurses enable clients to feel respected, valued, and motivated to achieve health goals. A model for nursing education should develop cultural awareness, knowledge, and skills; provide cultural immersion experiences; and foster the desire to work with diverse clients. (Contains 48 references.) (SK)

Urges teachers to use E. D. Hirsch's "Cultural Literacy" and Allan Bloom's "The Closing of the American Mind" as tools to explore what to teach and why to teach it. Concludes that in this way, teachers will be socially and morally responsible promoters of democratic literacy. (MM)

Being physically educated means one has the tools--the abilities, knowledge, experiences, and awareness--to find meaning in movement, thereby enlarging oneself and one's world. Teachers should not teach fitness, skills, rules, or strategies for their intrinsic value. Instead, teachers should teach movement in all its varied forms. (IAH)

The experience of adult educators planning a conference exemplifies the process of harnessing talents, skills, knowledge, and understanding in a collective enterprise that helps people articulate their views and ideas on critical issues. (SK)

Bloom's taxonomy of educational objectives provides a framework for designing and planning conference sessions and determining whether they accommodate multiple perspectives, uphold professional standards, and provide opportunities for a range of learning outcomes. (SK)

Museums face a crisis of confidence arising from two issues: (1) the erosion of an historically unreliable funding base, and (2) a challenge for audience by entrepreneurial elements in the cultures. Suggests that museums remember their capability of teaching hard information, stop emulating the forces that threaten them, and learn lessons from the…