Meaning Over Memory: Recasting the Teaching of Culture and History

ISBN-13: 9780807844854 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 270 str.

Peter N. Stearns

Opis

In the midst of the heated battles swirling around American humanities education, Peter Stearns offers a reconsideration not of what we teach but of why and how we teach it. A humanities program, says Stearns, should teach students not just memorized facts but analytical skills that are vital for a critically informed citizenry. He urges the use of innovative research as the basis of such a curriculum, and he offers specific suggestions on translating curriculum goals into courses that can be taught alongside or instead of the more conventional staples.