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Educational Accountability and the Humanities.
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Gaeng, Paul A. – ADFL Bulletin, 1980
Decries decline in humanities enrollment figures forced by a society that demands accountability of its educational system. Sees reduction or removal of core-curriculum as opposed to majors' requirements as a development leading to an impoverishment of humanistic values. Advocates cooperative experimentation in curriculum design as a possible…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Core Curriculum, Curriculum Design, Declining Enrollment
Characteristics of Foreign Language Requirements at U. S. Colleges and Universities: Findings from the MLA's 1987-89 Survey of Foreign Language Programs.
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Huber, Bettina J. – ADFL Bulletin, 1992
The 1987-89 survey represents the Modern Language Association's first effort to collect information from the stratified random sample of foreign language programs established in 1988. Topics include requirements, faculty characteristics, language coordinator functions, faculty role in governance, curricula, course offerings, enrollment, numbers of…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Second Language Programs, Curriculum Design, Data Collection
Confessions of a Converted Chairman: My Life with Teacher Education.
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Gies, David T. – ADFL Bulletin, 1997
Presents the findings of an informal poll of teachers over 25 years about their experiences in education school courses and their thoughts on the proper requirements for the education degree in foreign languages. (Three references) (CK)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Design