Meaning Over Memory: Recasting the Teaching of Culture and History

Stearns, Peter N.

ISBN 10: 0807820903 / ISBN 13: 9780807820902

Published by University of NC Press, Chapel Hill, NC, 1993

About this Item

25 cm, 254, references, index, DJ slightly worn and soiled, pencil underlining and marginal marks to text.

Seller Inventory # 39660

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Meaning Over Memory: Recasting the Teaching of Culture and History
• Publisher: University of NC Press, Chapel Hill, NC
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807820903
• ISBN 13: 9780807820902
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Printing.
• Condition: good, very good

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Peter N. Stearns is Heinz Professor of History and dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University. His many books include European Society in Upheaval and Jealousy: The Evolution of an Emotion in American History.