Meaning Over Memory: Recasting the Teaching of Culture and History

By Peter N. Stearns

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807844853
• ISBN13: 9780807844854
• Release Date: August 1994
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 9.2"