The humanities in 2015 : why we need them and how they contribute to being human /
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| Imprint: | New York : Nova Publishers, [2014] ©2014 |
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| Description: | 1 online resource |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | World philosophy series World philosophy series. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13357727 |
Table of Contents:
- THE HUMANITIES IN 2015: WHY WE NEED THEM AND HOW THEY CONTRIBUTE TO BEING HUMAN; THE HUMANITIES IN 2015: WHY WE NEED THEM AND HOW THEY CONTRIBUTE TO BEING HUMAN; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: THE HUMANITIES IN CRISIS: WHAT WENT WRONG AND HOW TO RESTORE THEIR CENTRALITY IN OUR DAILY LIVES; ABSTRACT; THE PROBLEM IDENTIFIED BY COMPARISONS BETWEEN THE HUMANITIES AND THE SCIENCES; DEVELOPING A DEFINITION OF THE HUMANITIES THAT ENCOMPASSES THE SOCIAL SCIENCES; HISTORY OF THE HUMANITIES IN THE WEST.
- HOW THE HUMANITIES ARE TAUGHT TODAY: BOWDOIN COLLEGE AS AN EXAMPLEWHAT MIGHT BE DONE TO COUNTERACT THE EROSION OF ACADEMIC STANDARDS IN ACADEME?; REIMAGINING THE HUMANITIES FOR UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY: A FIVE STEP PLAN FOR CULTURAL REDEMPTION; HOW WOULD THIS BE ACCOMPLISHED?; CONCLUSION: HOW TO RESTORE THE HUMANITIES TO OUR LIVES?; NOTES; REFERENCES; Chapter 2: HUMANITIES EDUCATION AND THE GIFTED; ABSTRACT; WHO ARE THE GIFTED?; GIFTED AS A SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION; TRIPARTITE MODEL OF GIFTEDNESS; CURRICULA AND PEDAGOGICAL PRINCIPLES DESIGNED FOR THE GIFTED LEARNER.
- DEFINING HUMANITIES STUDIES WITHIN GIFTED EDUCATIONHUMANITIES EDUCATION FOR THE GIFTED; CONCLUDING COMMENTS; APPENDIX I. SAMPLE LISTING OF HUMANITIES PROGRAMS; REFERENCES; Chapter 3: "OH, THE HUMANITIES!": SOCRATES, ARISTOTLE, DILBERT AND HUMANISTIC EDUCATION IN ENGINEERING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS; ABSTRACT; PART ONE: BRIEF HISTORY OF THE IFOUNDRY INITIATIVE, 2006-CURRENT; PART TWO: HOW DO WE UNDERSTAND THE STUDENTS BEFORE US? WHAT ARE OUR PRINCIPLES ABOUT STUDENTS AND TEACHING?
- PART THREE: RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, AND THE ARGUMENTS AROUND SCIENTISM IN CULTURE AND EDUCATIONPART IV: THE HEROIC SYSTEMS COURSE EXPERIMENT AND MOVING BEYOND EAU DE HUMANITIES; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION; APPENDIX 1: ENG 298: HEROIC SYSTEMS: PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES OF GREATNESS, PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 4: MUSIC AS PART OF THE GENERAL EDUCATION HUMANITIES CURRICULUM; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; MUSIC AND SOCIETY; MUSIC AND EMOTION; YOUNG MUSICIANS, LIFE TRAINING AND FUTURE VISTAS AND PANORAMAS; MUSIC EDUCATION AND APPRECIATION.
- MUSIC IN A HISTORICAL CONTEXTPUBLIC SCHOOL MUSIC IN THE UNITED STATES: EARLY DEVELOPMENTS; FOUNDER OF AMERICAN MUSIC EDUCATION; PROGRESS TOWARDS FORMALIZATION; COLLEGIATE MUSIC EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES: EARLY DEVELOPMENTS; THE BENEFITS OF MUSICAL STUDY; REFERENCES; Chapter 5: THE FUNDAMENTAL THINGS APPLY; ABSTRACT; I; II; III; IV; V; VI; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; REFERENCES; Chapter 6: THE BEST ARGUMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; REFERENCES; Chapter 7: 1066 ISN'T ALL THAT: DETERMINING WHAT IS NECESSARY TO TEACH ABOUT HISTORY AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO THE HUMANITIES; ABSTRACT.