DOCUNENTRESUME: ED ';116 .1.186 JC 750 45.5 AUTHOR Thiroux, Jacques p., Ed. TITLE 'The Future of the HuManities in the Community College. [Conference Sulmary]. \ * INSTITUTION Bakersfield Coll., Calif. SPONS AGENCY' .National Endowment for the Humanities (NFAH) , 'Washington, D.C. PUB DATE '4 Apr 75 NOTE 48p1.; Summary of the Proceedings of a conference leld at Bakersfield College; Aprii 4, 1975 EDRS PRICE MF-$0.76 HC-$1.95 PLUS, POSTAGE DESCRIPTORS Conference ,,Reports ; - Course; Objectives; Ethical Ins ruction; Futures (of Society) ;*General Education; *Humanities; *Humanities Instruction; *Junior Colleges,, Minority Groups: Moral Issues; Relevance (Education); Teaching Methods; *Values; Vocational Education ABSTRACT The keynote speaker at this conference reviewed the ways to overcome the separation between humanists and what is conceived_ to be the real world. Humanists must not only foster . greater_aPTteciation of the arts and expose people to the background of human Culture, but engage in direct interaction with critical issues'and long-term social choices. This will enhance life and increase the chances_ot__survival. Results and conclusions of conference discussia,_ groups are presented for the following topics: Different and Valid Approaches to-Teaching the Humanities--What Are They?; Can or Should Morality Be Taught in the Humanities?; Should. the Humanities Be popularized ?; What Kind of Humanities Courses Should Be Offered for Non Transfer Students?; What Problems'Are There in Communlcatingthe-Humanities, and How Can They Be Solved?; How ,Can --the Humanities and Vocational-Technical Education Co-Exist ?; lhat'Is the Status of Humanities Courses for Ethnic Minorities and Wo and What_Nem_nirgctions Will and Should the Humanities Take? _ speCiaf report, a new aiiPrbach_to general education is prepented which allows students to ch6Ose a set of goals (basic skills, political awareness, etc.) for which a_list of courses has hedt developed.(MJK) ___***********************************************************************fi Documents acquired by ERIC include many. informal unpublished, A' materials not available from' other sources. ERIC makes- everyef.fOrt"* * to obtain the best copy available: nevertheless, items'vf,maginal'' * -* reproducibility are often encountered and this affeCts'the,4uafity- * of the microfiche and hardcopy reproductions ERIC:takes available * * via the ERIC Document Reproduction Service AE1?). EDRS .* * responSible for the quality of the original doCument.:Reproduc0.ons * * supplied by EDRS are the best that can be madd:kOnr-the- original. **4t*********************************************************:**** ""- 4,eh a (( I ft0 II IIfi TABLE OF CONTENTS' 0 PAGE CO NCE DIRECTOR'S FOREWARD 1 / Initial Announcement of Program 2 Address List of ParticOhnt-s 3 Schedule of Day's Events, 6 Keynote Speech by Dr.Scalce R. Sievers 9. DISCUSSION GROUP QUESTIONS- -GROUP LEADER'S REPORT Different and Valid Approaches in Teiching 17 the Humanities - -What Are They? .2. Can or Should Morality Be Taught in the 21 Rumanities? ' 3. Should the Humanities Be Popularized? 22 P 4. What Kind of Humanities Courses Should Be 25 Offered for Non-Transfer Students? . What:Problems Are Therein Communicating the 34 Humanities, and How San-They Be S9lv'ed? 6. How Can the Humanities and Vocational-Technical" 36 Education Co-Exist?' °N 7. What is the Status of Humanities Courses for 41 ' Ethnic Minorities and-Women? 8. What New Direction,s Will and.,Should the -45 Humanities Take? A vs 3 CONFERENCE DIRECTOR'S FOREWARD What :follow*. is a loosely, yet respectfully assembledcollection of most.of what went om at the humanities conference held atBakersfield College on April 4, 1975. I say "most" because, unfortunately the discussion question,"Are Behavioristic Goals and Objectives Applicable to the Humanities?", is notincluded here and some discussion questions are presented in much lessdepth than others. This is basically due to inadequate taping of several discussiongroups for which I take full responsibility. I hope, however, that what is presented, which I feel is quitesubstantial, will be of value to all who read it. I tried very hard to resent ideas, dis6ussion, and issues &E they arose and actually occurred duringthe group sessions; and only interfered by personally commenting aboutthree times. These comments are clearly listed and are put in the form of questionsrather than dogmatic statements, so I hope you won't object to them toomuch. As I reviewed the conference in preparing this summary, I am onthe whole satisfied that the conferencg was significant, meaningful, anduseful to all of us. As in most conferences, discussion questions were notcompletely answered to everyone's satisfaction, but important issues wereraised and meaningfully discussed to the extent that I feel we can allpossibly improve and enrich our thinking'and thereby our teaching ofwhatever humanities courses we offer at'our various schools. I truly feel that the summaries of the sessionsspeak for themselves and so I will not summarize further here. I wish to thank all who helpedwith the conference--all my fellow Bakersfield College faculty members and its administrators and all discussion oup leaders and participants; but especially the following, whose ownummaries of their specific groups appear in this report: Beverly Palmer, Chaffey College; John Tufft, Taft' College; John Williamson, Reedley Co lege; Michael Anker, ContraCosta College; Ron Dethlefson, Bakersfield College; and BerniceZelditch, Foothill College. Special mention must also be given to Roger Johnson, BakersfieldCollege Food Services Supervisor, whose excellent lunch was certainly a high point of the( conference. Lastly, a special thanks to Bruce Sievers whose keynote speech , was extremely inspiring to all of us and who waskind enough to paTticipate. in-the entire conference. -4- 11 COLLEGE h HE FUTURE OF THEHUMANITIES IN THE COMMUNITY a one-day conference at BAKERSFWLD COLLEGE April 4, 1975 IN CO-OPERATION WITH THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THEHUMANITIES PROGRAM 9:00 Registration and Coffee ,9:30 CueSt Speaker--Bruce Sievers-Executive Director, California Council for the Humanities in PublicPolicy 10:00 Discussion Groups Different approaches in teaching humanities. IT - Are behavioristic goals and objectives applicable to the humanities? III- Should moralitybe taught in the humanities? COFFEE BREAK 11:00 Discussion Groups I Should humanities be popularized? II- Courses fornon-transfer students. III - Problems in communicating thehumanities. 12:45 LUNCH 1:30 Discussion Croups I New directions for humanities. II Humanities apd vocational technical education. III - Courses for Ethnic minoritiesand women. 2:45 Conference Summary -2- 44) ADDRESS $,LIST Michael Anker John Holden Contra Costa College Porterville College 2600 Mission Bell Dr. 900 South Main 11, San Pablo, CA.94806 Porterville, CA ; Marian Axford Bruce W. Jones Bakersfield College Cal State Bakersfield 1801 Panorama Dr. 9001 Stockdale Hwy. Bakersfield, CA 93305 Bakersfield, CA Frank Black Charles TAN Kegley cc; Santa Ana College Cal Statd Bakersfield 11th at Bristol St. a Santa Ana, 'CA 92706 Gary E. Kessler Cal State:Bakersfield John Christensen Taft College Ruth Maguire 2°9 Emmons Park Dr., Bakersfield College Taft, CA Dorothy Mellor Ken Fahsbender Bakersfield College Bakersfield College Emily B. McCain James A. Fletcher Porterville College Skyline College 3300 College'Dr. r. Konrad MeMillah San Bru.no, CA 94066 tTaft College' Clif Garrett Miriam Paine Bakersfield College Bakersfield College Greg Goodwin Beverly Palmer Bakersfield College Chaffey College .1011 Harvard Dr. K. Grange Claremont, CA 91711 Compton College 1111 E. ArteiaBlvd, Heleb Salaverria Compton, CA 90221 Bakersfield College Betty Jo Hamilton Lois M. Smith Bakersfield College Taft College Donald W. Heidt Hans von Buelow College of the Canyons, Porterville College 25000,Valencia Blvd. Valencia, CA Chuch Whitchurch ,Golden West College Richai,d H. Hoffman , Huntington Beach, CA Reedley College 795 ,North Reed Ave. John M. Williamson "Reedley, CA 93654 Reedley College 1.' Bruce K: Wciod John Tufft Reed ley- College Taft College ' William Bedford Len Epstein Palomar-College Monterey Peninsula College 1140 W. -Mission 98 Freemont Blvd. San :Marcos , CA 92069 MOriterey1 CA 93940 . An'n nk Olin Kirkland Palom 'College Bakersfield College Howard i3rubeck Sam McCall' Palomar College Bakersfi'eld College - 1' Robert Coleman Bernice ZeldiEch Palomar College' Foothill College 12345 El Monte Rd. Dana Hawkes Los Altos Hills, CA 94022 ° Palomar College John C. Reid Jane Jackson Porterville College Palomar College Donald Boyd Brenda Montiel Shasta College PaloMar'College 01.37-Oregon Trail. ReddZag, CA 96001 Donald Piche S Palomar College, `JOhnson ShastaCollege Timothy Ulman Palomar College Ros's Fetters Shasta College John Valdez. Palomar College Sue Lusk -Shasta College Rita White- , Palomar College Richard Dalrymple Shasta College Pat Zevin Palomar College 'Suzy Sullens 'Monterey Peninsula College James"Chadhourne t Bakersfield College Larry Moorman Yuba College Ron Dethlefson . 2088 North Beale Rd. Bakersfield College °Marysville, CA 95901 Frank Wattron Kevin Buxne Bakersfield College Long Beach College Long Beach,'CA Bruce Sievers California Council for the Humanities David Willard Bakersfield College Ben Thomerson San Bernardino Valley College a San Bernardino,,CA 92403 4 Arthur Cohen UCLA 405 Hilgard est Los Angeles CA 90024 R Migaud Compton College Kathleen Grange Compton