Response Article Nr.2 on a special topic: "The Means-Ends Problem of Education in the Humanities. See AA 502 148 and AA 502 149 for the main article and the first response article, respectively.

This paper presents arguments in favor of and against formalistic and realistic approaches in teaching/learning English in an English-speaking country. Within the formalism approach, the purpose of language teaching is to inculcate an intuitive grasp of the system of the target language. The ability to manipulate language rules is of prime…

This paper examines history as a general education requirement in postsecondary institutions. General education tries to present a basic core of knowledge which is fundamental to all educated men and women. Research regarding goals for required general education and history reveals that a statement of goals is almost always couched in value terms.…

Thomas Jefferson believed that no generation should be bounded by the dead hand of the past. If reincarnated, he would probably disown attempts to use his own precepts for either censure or praise of contemporary movements. He would instead ask us to solve our own problems by using our minds creatively in the context of a politically free society.…