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Jacobs, Lucy Cheser – 1981
Perceptions of a sample of professors at Indiana University concerning the competencies of freshman students in the basic skills of reading, writing, mathematics, and study skills were investigated. Interviews were conducted with 77 professors who teach lower division courses. Results were tabulated for the total group and separately for the three…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Faculty, College Freshmen, Competence
Download full textSheridan, Harriet W.; Hill, Barbara Ann – 1981
A report of the 1981 Wingspread Conference, which sought remedies for the current low state of the humanities in American higher education, is presented. Participants included 60 college presidents, deans, faculty members, government officials, and business and foundation officials. Recommendations are as follows: (1) a collaborative effort should…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Faculty, College Programs, College School Cooperation
Levine, Toby H. – 1981
These language arts, U.S. history, and humanities lessons for secondary school students are designed to be used with "From Jumpstreet-A Story of Black Music," a series of 13 half-hour television programs. The colorful and rhythmic series explores the black musical heritage from its African roots to its wide influence in modern American music. Each…
Descriptors: Black Achievement, Black History, Black Studies, Blacks
Gilcreast, E. Arthur – 1981
The real aim of the study of history is to enable students to develop conviction about their values and beliefs. To promote this end, the teacher must take a strong hand in helping students identify the broad themes that they should trace in their reading and class discussion. The point of discussion is to organize facts and develop…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Class Size, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Critical Thinking
Knieter, Gerald L., Ed.; Stallings, Jane, Ed. – 1979
Nine essays collected from a conference titled "The Teaching Process and the Arts and Aesthetics" examine the relationship between research and teaching in the arts and in aesthetic education. Issues which guided presentations and discussions were: the relationship between general research in education and the teaching process in the arts and…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art Education, Conference Reports, Educational Needs
Conrad, Clifton F.; Wyer, Jean C. – 1980
The changing tradition of liberal education in America is examined against the backdrop of Greek, medieval, colonial American and German expressions of the liberal tradition and its necessary humanistic disciplines and pursuits. After a historical discussion of various manifestations of liberal education through the ages, recent strains of liberal…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Core Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Educational Philosophy
Trenton Public Schools, MI. – 1967
THE TRENTON, MICHIGAN, PHASE-ELECTIVE ENGLISH CURRICULUM, APPROPRIATE PLACEMENT FOR EXCELLENCE IN ENGLISH (APEX), WAS DESIGNED FOR A SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL WITH AN ENROLLMENT OF APPROXIMATELY 2000. STUDENTS ARE PLACED ACCORDING TO ABILITY IN AN UNGRADED CURRICULUM INCORPORATING FIVE ABILITY LEVELS (PHASES) AND ARE ALLOWED TO CHOOSE FROM AMONG…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Curriculum, Dramatics, Elective Courses
Keating, Keith – 1980
The major thesis of this paper is that the teaching of English should be interdisciplinary. The paper shows that the works of George Bernard Shaw and William Shakespeare are interdisciplinary and observes that the greatest current educational need is for breadth of education and interdisciplinary linkages rather than for transmission of facts. It…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives
Peters, Dianne S.; Trentham, Landa – 1980
The relationships among teaching techniques, definitions of curriculum, and time perceptions of male faculty members at a comprehensive state-supported university in the South were examined. The respondents were categorized into the three main academic areas of natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities. Curriculum definitions ranged from…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, College Administration, College Curriculum, College Faculty
Brawer, Florence B., Ed. – 1980
Based on research conducted by the Center for the Study of Community Colleges between 1975 and 1980, this monograph presents 11 articles on the role of humanities and sciences at two-year colleges. In the first three articles, Miriam Beckwith compares data on humanities faculty in Washington State with nationwide information; Joseph Marks…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Faculty, Curriculum Research, Educational Media
Project MOPPET (Media-Oriented Program Promoting Exploration in Teaching): A K-3 Humanities Program.
Kohler, Alfred D. – 1976
This manual is intended for use by adopters or adapters of a media-oriented arts and humanities program designed to train teachers in the techniques of humanizing the general curriculum. It contains lesson plans for kindergarten through grade three organized into the following categories: art, creative dramatics, film, movement, music, and poetry.…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Audiovisual Instruction, Creative Dramatics, Creativity
Kohler, Alfred D. – 1976
This manual is intended for use by adopters or adapters of a media-oriented arts and humanities program designed to train teachers in the techniques of humanizing the general curriculum. It contains lesson plans for grades four through six organized into the following categories: art, creative dramatics, film, movement, music, and poetry. Each…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Audiovisual Instruction, Creative Dramatics, Creativity
Cleek, John E.; And Others – 1979
These three commemorative speeches deal with the role of liberal education at Johnson County Community College (JCCC) and at community colleges in general. John E. Cleek, JCCC president, outlines the growth in enrollment and facilities that characterized the first decade (1969-1979) of JCCC's development and discusses the possibility that, with…
Descriptors: Arts Centers, College Role, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development
Schools Council, London (England). – 1976
This is one in a series of eight discussion pamphlets produced by the Writing Across the Curriculum Project dealing with some of the issues connected with writing in the schools and their relation to learning. The eight papers in the pamphlet were drawn from a seminar involving 11 geography, history, and English teachers and are concerned with…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Foreign Countries, Geography Instruction, History Instruction
Jones, Victor H., Ed. – Indiana English Journal, 1976
In this thematic issue, articles focus on the use of phase electives in the English classroom. Discussions include "Death in the Classroom,""Soapbox Operas in the English Classroom,""Language and History in Phase-Elective Programs,""Phase Electives and the Problem of Composition," and "Phase Electives and College Preparation.""Phase Electives Are…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Censorship, College Preparation, Death
