Meaning Over Memory: Recasting the Teaching of Culture and HistoryUNC Press Books, 1993 - 254 頁 In the midst of the heated battles swirling around American humanities education, Peter Stearns offers a reconsideration not only of what we teach but also of why and how we teach it. While conservatives defend a museum-like humanities curriculum, their o |
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第 ix 頁
... a fresh start . The central purpose of courses in the humanities is the inculca- tion of essential analytical skills that are not easy to define ( because ix they are less precise than their analogues in science ) PREFACE.
... a fresh start . The central purpose of courses in the humanities is the inculca- tion of essential analytical skills that are not easy to define ( because ix they are less precise than their analogues in science ) PREFACE.
第 xiii 頁
... skill . My biggest debt , overall , goes to the students whose responses , comments , and enthusiasms continue to help me define a constructive path , at least for my own efforts . xiii MEANING OVER MEMORY INTRODUCTION Battles swirl ...
... skill . My biggest debt , overall , goes to the students whose responses , comments , and enthusiasms continue to help me define a constructive path , at least for my own efforts . xiii MEANING OVER MEMORY INTRODUCTION Battles swirl ...
第 3 頁
... skills necessary to redeem us against the Japanese eco- nomic challenge — to civilize the savages by introducing them to Western and democratic values . History , wrote one critic of recent scholarship , must provide students with ...
... skills necessary to redeem us against the Japanese eco- nomic challenge — to civilize the savages by introducing them to Western and democratic values . History , wrote one critic of recent scholarship , must provide students with ...
第 5 頁
... skill levels . Foreign language study logically flows into the teaching of literature and , once some fluency is acquired , into history and an- thropology as well , and in what follows cultural study is not meant to be confined to ...
... skill levels . Foreign language study logically flows into the teaching of literature and , once some fluency is acquired , into history and an- thropology as well , and in what follows cultural study is not meant to be confined to ...
第 6 頁
... skills " such as checkbook writing or the other embellishments of " commercial economics . " The inadequacy of most of our foreign language edu- cation , which far too often compels numbingly basic training at the college level , is ...
... skills " such as checkbook writing or the other embellishments of " commercial economics . " The inadequacy of most of our foreign language edu- cation , which far too often compels numbingly basic training at the college level , is ...
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The Question of Urgency The Issues in Perspective | 18 |
Innovations in the Humanities Before the Crisis | 30 |
Sacred Cows in Humanities Teaching and How They Got Grazing Rights | 60 |
Answering the Canon Fire The Debate Miscast | 95 |
Clearing the Decks for Creative Planning | 110 |
Education The Central Mission of the Humanities | 131 |
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