Describes a program, Cultural and Technological Studies, created to develop an interdisciplinary, undergraduate curriculum exploring the relationships between technology and culture. (Author/RK)

A Michigan program to acquaint faculty in the humanities with the operations of a large corporation and the career opportunities for graduates in their disciplines is described. (CHK)

Using on-campus facilitators to distribute and retrieve an 11-page questionnaire administered to a nationwide sample of humanities faculty and nonhumanities department chairmen in two-year colleges resulted in an 84 percent return rate. Pilot procedures, selection of the college and faculty samples, and the use of facilitators are described.…

Discusses the responsibilities of the remedial teacher in developing Humanities courses for slow learners as well as high ability students. (RK)

It's a slippery area where footing is easily lost and where more than talent--time, persistence, and guts--is needed before one can beat the odds and make a place for one's self. (Editor)

The humanities, more than an academic discipline, are an inclination of the liberal imagination. As liberal democracy undergoes its crisis of confidence, they are endangered. Higher education must adjust to five strong forces: science, technology, democracy, mass communications, and the culture of capitalism. (Author/LBH)

Explores various prewriting techniques that can be used to teach thinking skills (e.g., keeping a metaphor journal to teach students to think and write metaphorically; free-writing and focused free-writing; and Plus, Minus, Interesting (PMI) and Alternative Ways of Looking (AWOL) techniques, which teach students to consider both sides of an…

This article reviews the need for the arts to be integrated into scientific ways by which educators pursue an understanding of exceptionality. This need emerges from an awareness of the essential function the arts and humanities hold in the scientific enterprise and from increasing disenchantment with the dominant scientific paradigm. (Author/JDD)

Making a list of essential information is seen as a hopelessly inadequate, and perhaps even dangerous, way to face America's educational problems. Opposition to E. D. Hirsch's book, CULTURAL LITERACY: WHAT EVERY AMERICAN NEEDS TO KNOW, is discussed. (MLW)

Examines the function of maps in forming images of the world. States that maps are subjective, inaccurate portrayals of the earth in that they exhibit the biases of their makers and hence their cultures. Recommends viewing several maps or different projections to become aware of strengths and limitations of map types. Includes suggested teaching…

Using Gettysburg as an example, the author addresses the major components of a successful field trip, such as pre-teaching, memorizing, and the study of primary sources. Includes information on student participation and other factors of a successful field trip. (GEA)

Liberal education is as essential as continuing professional education, partly because the humanities and liberal arts are "adult matters." Institutions must (1) raise consciousness about its role, and (2) develop concrete ideas for using university resources effectively. (LB)

Describes Datamondo, an instructional package that introduces the use of a newspaper database in humanities teaching at the secondary level in Italy. The effectiveness of the package in developing basic linguistic skills and as a research tool is evaluated. (8 references) (Author/CLB)

Issues concerning the role of the humanities and humanistic education in public policy, social issues, and politics are discussed in the contexts of both More's "Utopia" and the contemporary political situation in the United States, emphasizing the importance of developing a humanistic approach to power. (MSE)

Interprets the humanities as a rich and essential resource for understanding and making human choices in the real late twentieth century world. (MSE)