Education & Lifelong Learning
Humanities skills such as communication, critical thinking, cultural knowledge, and creativity are essential to human development and to enhancing quality of life throughout our lives. These stories highlight innovations in humanities education, and profile the ways in which the humanities build lifelong learning.
Humanities educators understand that humanities skills and knowledge are essential to learning of all kinds. Communication, critical thinking, cultural knowledge, and creativity are taught throughout K-12 and General Education, yet the value and application of these skills may not be visible to people outside the classroom.
Here you'll find stories of people whose work shows enduring humanist values such as empathy, creativity, and communication in programs that cultivate play, active learning, and collaboration.
Innovations in education for both children and adults illustrate the ways in which the humanities disciplines shape and inform the experience and attitudes of learning that are carried into work and social interactions across all phases of life.
These stories explore topics such as The Value of Empathy and Play in Education, Experiential Learning and the Humanities, and The Role of the Humanities in Geriatric Education and Eldercare Programs.
"The Queens Gambit"
From the Chess Board to the Board Room: Life Lessons on 64 Squares
Stories
The Value of Empathy and Play in Education – coming soon...
Experiential Learning and the Humanities – coming soon...
The Role of the Humanities in Geriatric Education and Eldercare Programs – coming soon...