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Humanistic Teaching and the Place of Ethical and Religious Values in Higher Education / Edwin E. Aubrey.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: THE EDUCATIONAL SURVEYPublisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [1959]Copyright date: ©1959Description: 1 online resource (100 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781512809961
  • 9781512814033
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 378 18
LOC classification:
  • LC268 .A84 1959
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Present Situation of the Humanities -- 2. The Meaning of Humanistic Education -- 3. Impediments to Humanistic Teaching -- 4. Proposals for Improvement -- Acknowledgments and Reference Notes -- Introduction -- 1. Historical Background -- 2. The Present Situation -- 3. The Place of Ethics and Religion in the Curriculum -- 4. Recommendations -- Notes
Summary: The increasing emphasis on a "practical" education in this technological age has threatened to deprive more and more students of a thorough schooling in the humanities. In this book Edwin E. Aubrey seeks to show how humanistic values and the humanistic spirit may better be served in higher education. Aubrey examines the place of the humanities and ethical and religious teachings in our universities and colleges. His detailed study provides a clear definition of the objectives of humanistic teaching as well as an analysis of the impediments to the full realization of a humanities program, and offers concrete proposals for improving the present situation. Part Two of the book is devoted to the nature and place of ethical and religious values in the university curriculum.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Present Situation of the Humanities -- 2. The Meaning of Humanistic Education -- 3. Impediments to Humanistic Teaching -- 4. Proposals for Improvement -- Acknowledgments and Reference Notes -- Introduction -- 1. Historical Background -- 2. The Present Situation -- 3. The Place of Ethics and Religion in the Curriculum -- 4. Recommendations -- Notes

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The increasing emphasis on a "practical" education in this technological age has threatened to deprive more and more students of a thorough schooling in the humanities. In this book Edwin E. Aubrey seeks to show how humanistic values and the humanistic spirit may better be served in higher education. Aubrey examines the place of the humanities and ethical and religious teachings in our universities and colleges. His detailed study provides a clear definition of the objectives of humanistic teaching as well as an analysis of the impediments to the full realization of a humanities program, and offers concrete proposals for improving the present situation. Part Two of the book is devoted to the nature and place of ethical and religious values in the university curriculum.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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