Forging The American School Curriculum Summary

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This week, as I was reading Chapter 1 “The Decline of Humanistic Studies in the American School Curriculum” in “Forging the American Curriculum”, I was so intrigued by the humanistic curriculum and its purpose.
In a humanistic curriculum, the primary purpose is the self and everything else revolves around it. Learning, from a humanistic approach becomes a means to progress towards self-development. As an educator, I am concerned with my students’ growth and development not just on the academic level, but also on the emotional, social, physical, psychological and even spiritual level. The goal of education, from my point of view, is to facilitate the development of healthy human beings who are able to support themselves, other humans, and