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ERIC Number: EJ291812
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1983
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Humanism and Anti-Humanism: The Contest for Education.
Davis, Charles G.
Improving College and University Teaching, v31 n4 p155-59 Fall 1983
In the decline of public confidence in education, the underlying issue, what the act of learning is, is exemplified in the attack on humanism in the schools, resulting in a confusion of the process of gaining knowledge with knowledge itself, a shift in responsibility from the individual to the institution, and devaluation of ideas. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Instruction, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Humanism, Humanistic Education, Public Opinion, School Responsibility, School Role, Social Responsibility
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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