Essay on the relationship between the social sciences and humanities, and its implications for social studies education. (SE)

Paper presented at the Second International Congress on the Teaching of Spanish in Madrid, Spain, in February 1971. (DS)

The basic notion considered in this study was that if humanities and human relations courses make a difference in the attitudes and feelings developed by a group of students, then these attitudes and feelings should be measurable. (Author)

Describes a college physics course for the nonscientist offered at Pennsylvania State University, consisting of four components: (1) development of physics, (2) scientists as people, (3) science and society, and (4) personalizing physics teaching through informal meetings. Teachers and students discuss the social and moral issues surrounding the…

Higher education suffers from a conflict between the points of view of the old and the young. (CK)

Transcript of a conference (American Academy of Arts and Sciences) discussion held at the University of California in La Jolla. (AP)

Supports the term "social revolution as one which is semantically accurate for describing twentieth century social change. The term is discussed in historic and contemporary perspectives to point out how humanistic studies might make contributions toward a "constructive accommodation to powerful social changes, both present and impending. …

This report of a four-week continuing education seminar in the history of medical ethics for health care practitioners describes the participants, the process, the evaluation, and the outcomes of this infusion of the humanities into the health sciences. (SK)

Describes how visual arts curricula contribute to the attainment of American general education objectives. The contribution of the arts to culture and human fulfillment is discussed. Available from Carfax Publishing Company, P.O. Box 25, Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX14 1RW England. (AM)

Asserts that just as the methodology of science is hypothetico-inductive research, rhetoric is the methodology of the humanitites. (JL)

The Talent Identification Program at Duke University has expanded from a 13- to a 16-state area and has offered courses for junior high students identified as gifted in mathematics, humanities, and the social sciences. (CL)