Describes an elective, interdisciplinary course designed to allow students to examine relationships between science and the humanities and to foster scientific literacy and appreciation for the scientific enterprise. (SK)

As professors look to the corporate sector to find better professional futures, they must confront important cultural dissonances. Among the adjustments faculty must make are relinquishing the mastery of substances characteristic of academics, becoming a team rather than solo player, and integrating the concepts of management and leadership.…

Literature of information needs and uses of humanities scholars in universities is reviewed, using materials published from 1970 onwards. Areas covered include definitions of humanities, research materials, secondary services, computers, role of libraries and library services, and comparisons between humanities and other disciplines. A 174-item…

Describes a multidisciplinary literacy project that involves the collaboration of university and public and private high school teachers. (AEA)

Advocates the addition of interdisciplinary humanities courses to the Canadian junior high school curriculum. The primary objective would be to increase student capacity to synthesize connections between diverse facts and ideas. (AM)

Discusses the recommendation of the 1981 "California History/Social Science Framework" for the integration of arts/humanities with social studies courses. The need for an interdisciplinary approach is examined. Two examples of social studies courses using humanities content indicate that students are more motivated because their classes…

Describes three humanities activities, designed using the 1981 "California History/Social Science Framework," in which seventh-grade social studies students study medieval culture. Students design personal coats-of-arms, play a typical medieval game, listen to medieval stories and myths, and draw or illustrate stories using medieval…

Explores the state of college English instruction and suggests several solutions to the problems of the nineties, including erasing the division between literature and composition teachers and developing closer working relations between educational institutions. (AEA)

Summarizes the development of the Arts and Humanities Division of the National University Extension Association, describing past difficulties between continuing education specialists and academic humanists in humanities programing and the recent workshops, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, to promote primarily credit-oriented…

Noncredit humanities seminars presented by North Carolina State University to diverse adult audiences throughout the state are described. The purpose of the program is to bring together small groups of people to discuss humanistic issues in a format that reflects the intellectual background and discipline of a university. (Author/MLW)

Education through art or any other subject will not automatically humanize anyone. The effect that art and art education can have on individuals and on society depends to a large extent upon the social responsibility or the moral stance of the teacher, the parent, and the artist. (Author)

This paper looks at current definitions of aesthetic education and, in light of present views on learning theory and teaching methodology, suggests means and materials for devising new programs which might realistically meet the needs of modern American students. (Author/SJL)

Recommendations to higher education from a corporate executive include: the need for a commitment to excellence, competence in the English language, economics (the discipline that teaches there is no opportunity without its costs), history, humanities/technology balance, and the cultivation of the whole person. (MLW)

The new Rockefeller Foundation's Commission on the Humanities' report is discussed. Some of the commission's recommendations include: improved quality of elementary and secondary schools, strengthening of humanities research, reaffirmation within education of the values of the humanities, and closer collaboration of educational and cultural…

The history of Communism is effectively taught by the extensive use of new audiovisual and interdisciplinary tools. Inclusion of material from many disciplines besides history is necessary if the complicated and highly emotional political issues are to be handled in a thoughtful, objective presentation. (MLW)