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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... spilled , we need 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.
... spilled , we need 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.
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... tion . Several colleges urged a new spelling , womyn , to make the sep- arateness and equality of the genders crystal clear.1 But it takes two sides to politicize an issue , and although the de- mands for reform won the greatest ...
... tion . Several colleges urged a new spelling , womyn , to make the sep- arateness and equality of the genders crystal clear.1 But it takes two sides to politicize an issue , and although the de- mands for reform won the greatest ...
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... tion . While granting that it is difficult to convey , in world history , some of the rich flavor of the specifically Western past , I remain convinced against the partisans of a more traditional insistence on teaching respect for our ...
... tion . While granting that it is difficult to convey , in world history , some of the rich flavor of the specifically Western past , I remain convinced against the partisans of a more traditional insistence on teaching respect for our ...
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... tion as consisting primarily of a series of datapoints . It would be possible , following this view ( and I confess to being tempted in this direction for a time ) , to prepare a " better " list of facts that everyone should know ...
... tion as consisting primarily of a series of datapoints . It would be possible , following this view ( and I confess to being tempted in this direction for a time ) , to prepare a " better " list of facts that everyone should know ...
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... tion " and went on to argue that implementation , not goals , should at least for the moment command our creative attention . This claim was factually inaccurate , expunging huge debates that even Lynne Cheney admitted ; it was hard not ...
... tion " and went on to argue that implementation , not goals , should at least for the moment command our creative attention . This claim was factually inaccurate , expunging huge debates that even Lynne Cheney admitted ; it was hard not ...
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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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