Notes on a Return to the Genuine Study of the Issues of Political Life or: Steps Toward Overcoming Instructor Apathy and the Malaise of the Listless Colleges.

Autor/in	Reeb, Richard H., Jr.
Titel	Notes on a Return to the Genuine Study of the Issues of Political Life or: Steps Toward Overcoming Instructor Apathy and the Malaise of the Listless Colleges.
Quelle	(1983), (16 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Change Strategies; Educational Change; Educational Needs; Higher Education; Interdisciplinary Approach; Negative Attitudes; Political Issues; Social Sciences; Student Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lösungsstrategie; Bildungsreform; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Negative Fixierung; Politischer Faktor; Social science; Sozialwissenschaften; Gesellschaftswissenschaften; Schülerverhalten; Lehrerverhalten
Abstract	An emphasis in college level social sciences on the principles of the Declaration of Independence can provide a foundation for interdisciplinary study as well as illuminate political issues, institutions, and ends. For example, in terms of the Declaration, political science is the study of the ends of political life (security of human rights) and the means to attain them. Economics is subordinate to the higher art of politics, providing a necessary, but not sufficient condition for human happiness. History is perceived as the struggle of people against unnatural regimes which stifled their rights and the attempts to remedy these conditions. The Declaration humanized psychology by accounting for basic drives not as subhuman forces, but as the impetus of the human being toward happiness. In addition, political issues can be analyzed in terms of the Declaration. The separation of powers, development of political parties, functions of the news media, foreign policy, and national defense all emanate from it. On the other hand, the comprehensive approach to social welfare is a measure of society's falling away from its fundamental principles. In conclusion, a return to the genuine study of political life, the quest for purpose in the social sciences, and the discovery of the place of political institutions, policies, and ends will result in the antidote for instructor apathy and mark a resurgence in the appreciation of the academic life. (KC)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC