Earl S. Johnson, John D. Haas

This collection of Professor Johnson's work-reflections on humanism, democracy, and general and social science education-offers insights that will be valuable not only to educators but also to anyone concerned with the qualities of citizenship in a free society.

Recollections -- Introduction -- Reflections on Humanism -- The Faith of a Humanist -- Humanism: Its Claim on Contemporary Man -- A Plea for Individuality -- What Should a Man Know? -- Poetry or Plumbing: Can't We Have Both? A Perspective on Vocational Education -- Need Science and Religion Be at Odds? -- The Issue of Absolute and Relative Values -- The Essence of Democracy -- The Democratic Tradition -- The Crisis in Culture -- The Democratic Character -- General Education and the Curriculum -- Some Reflections on General Education -- Science, Society, and the Curriculum -- Ways of Knowing -- Framework and Philosophy for an Integrated Curriculum -- A Quality Education: Its Human Dimensions -- The Social Sciences and Social Studies Education -- A Theory of General Education in the Social Sciences -- The Concept of Structure in the Social Sciences -- How to Live in Two Worlds Without Confusing Them or Ourselves -- Reflections on Teaching the Social Studies -- Social Class as Fact and Perspective in the Social Studies -- Some Thoughts on the Relations Between the Humanities and the Social Studies