This paper examines the controversy over the status and objectives of the social studies and suggests ways in which educators can resolve the controversy. In addition, it offers critical comments on several recent overviews of the field of social studies, including the "SPAN Report," by Irving Morrissett, Sharryl Hawke, and Douglas Superka, and…

DESPITE THE IMPORTANCE OF COURSES DESIGNED TO INTEREST THE ENGLISH MAJOR AND TO PREPARE FUTURE ENGLISH TEACHERS, ENGLISH DEPARTMENTS MUST CONCERN THEMSELVES MORE WITH THE NEEDS OF THE GENERAL STUDENT. DEPARTMENTS MUST ALMOST REVERSE THEIR CURRENT VALUE SYSTEM IF THEY HOPE TO SHAPE YOUNG MINDS AND PROVIDE A HUMANISTIC ALTERNATIVE TO THE NARROW…

ONE METHOD OF INTERESTING THE AVERAGE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT IN QUESTIONING INTELLIGENTLY THE NATURE OF GOOD IS THROUGH THE STUDY OF HUXLEY'S "BRAVE NEW WORLD" AND ORWELL'S "1984." IN BOTH OF THESE NEGATIVE UTOPIAS THE LOSS OF MAN'S HUMANITY, INDIVIDUALITY, AND RIGHT TO REASON THE NATURE OF GOOD ARE THE VERY QUALITIES WHICH MAKE…

This collection of essays seeks to offer a composite portrait of state humanities programs from a wide range of viewpoints. Topics explored include: the role of the National Endowment for the Humanities; the importance of the humanities; origins and new directions for state programs; humanities and the issues of public policy, the arts, science,…

Listings of general and subject specific newspaper indexes, book review indexes, and serial bibliographies held by the Arkansas University library are provided. The general indexes include information on statistics, general literature, periodicals, and government documents. Subject specific indexes and bibliographies focus on the social sciences…

Intended primarily for us by gifted children and their teachers, this annotated list of approximately 200 references in print is classified in five subject categories: general, humanities, social sciences, history, and science. References selected are recommended for their accuracy and comprehensiveness. Entries are coded to indicate both basic…

The root of many of the problems in education today is the shift in values from humanism to humanitarianism. While humanism elevates the individual, humanitarianism attempts to elevate mankind in general. Humanists feel that human problems stem from faults within individuals, and that the central purpose in life is to improve and discipline…

A study of cooperation between community colleges and public libraries relative to community education in the humanities utilized a three-phase data collection plan. Phase I surveyed 198 colleges that had responded to an earlier community education survey and indicated they cooperated with public libraries; 169 responded. In Phase II, a revised…

This paper reports the results of a study designed to answer questions regarding job satisfaction among two-year college faculty and its relationship to common demographic variables. Respondents to a nationwide survey of 1,493 humanities faculty and 505 non-humanities faculty in 156 two-year colleges were grouped into high, medium, or low…

This publication about moral education is a conversation between a university professor of religion and the chairman of a high school social studies department. As part of the National Humanities Faculty Why Series, the book is intended to help students, teachers, and citizens maintain and improve their intellectual vigor and human awareness and…

An international compendium of periodicals indexed and/or abstracted in regularly appearing services, this document includes more than 30,000 listings of periodicals, serials, services, and yearbooks in the humanities and social sciences. Listing is alphabetical by periodical title. Under each title appear all the services that index it. This…

An international compendium of periodicals indexed or abstracted in regularly appearning services, this document includes more than 33,000 listings of periodicals, serials, services, and yearbooks in the humanities and social sciences. The listing is alphabetically arranged by journal title. Under the title appear all services which index it. This…

An examination of honors courses in speech education provides the basis for this collection of articles by (1) Jack C. Gilbert, who justifies providing, through college honors courses, "the best education for the best students," (2) Owen Peterson, who explains the organization and taching of a college honors course in the fundamentals of speech,…

There is widespread dissatisfaction with the engineering student's education in the humanities and social sciences. This study, conceived as both a fact-finding and policy-formulating project, aimed to: establish goals in social science and engineering study which are relevant to the changing social role of the engineer; examine the resources and…

Designed for the instructor in the humanities, this article presents a methodology for the teaching of any film using Walter Colmes's film "The Women Who Came Back" to demonstrate the method. The cinematic code and the response which this code elicits from the viewer are discussed. Specific shots and sequences are cited as examples of…