U.S. / Canada Archives - Page 20 of 40

18 01, 2019

Deepening academic deficits in the digital age (Ravizza, Uitvlugt, and Fenn, Psychological Science)

By Humanities Watch|2019-02-01T18:23:57-05:00January 18th, 2019|Academia, education, Everything Else, News, psychology, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada, Writing|0 Comments

Students use of computers in the classroom hinders their learning.

9 01, 2019

The place of the humanities in STEM (U.S. Committee on STEM Education)

By Humanities Watch|2019-01-09T07:00:31-05:00January 9th, 2019|Academia, Arts, Economics, education, Everything Else, History, News, Politics, science, STEM, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Do humanities have more than a marginal place in the current view of STEM education?

2 01, 2019

Melding philosophy and computer science (Gina Vitale, MIT News)

By Humanities Watch|2019-01-01T17:14:23-05:00January 2nd, 2019|Academia, education, Language, News, Philosophy, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Using philosophy to improve our understanding of computers.

28 12, 2018

Humanities and wholeness

By Humanities Watch|2018-12-30T13:00:16-05:00December 28th, 2018|Arts, Everything Else, health, History, Medicine, Observations, Philosophy, poetry, science, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Reflections on Humanities Watch’s third anniversary

22 12, 2018

The artful hospital (Maria Giulia Marini, medicinanarrativa.eu)

By Humanities Watch|2019-01-03T07:02:03-05:00December 22nd, 2018|Arts, Everything Else, health, Language, Literature, Medicine, Museums, painting, Quotes, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Overcoming clinical resistance to the ways that art engages the entire person and the family in the healing process.

18 12, 2018

Burying history (Benjamin M. Schmidt, Perspectives)

By Humanities Watch|2018-12-18T10:36:55-05:00December 18th, 2018|Academia, education, Everything Else, History, mathematics, News, STEM, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

History shows the recent steep decline in history majors.

12 12, 2018

Humanities enhance business and STEM: an interview with Michael Tworek of Cambridge Humanities Group

By Humanities Watch|2018-12-12T14:54:55-05:00December 12th, 2018|Academia, Economics, education, Everything Else, History, Literature, Quotes, science, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Using humanities skills to provide new perspectives for business and STEM.

4 12, 2018

Understanding natural — not just artificial — intelligence (Melanie Mitchell, NY Times)

By Humanities Watch|2018-12-28T23:09:58-05:00December 4th, 2018|Academia, business, Economics, Language, Nature, News, Philosophy, science, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

We need to understand our natural degree of intelligence before relying on artificial means.

26 11, 2018

Bleeding crimson: Harvard loses the humanities (Noah D. Dasanaike, Harvard Crimson)

By Humanities Watch|2018-11-26T14:23:47-05:00November 26th, 2018|Academia, education, Everything Else, History, Language, Literature, mathematics, News, science, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Harvard follows the general trends in academic enrollments, with the sciences gaining and the humanities losing.

6 11, 2018

W(h)ither the humanities? (Jeffrey Selingo, The Atlantic)

By Humanities Watch|2018-11-06T05:32:14-05:00November 6th, 2018|Academia, Debate / dialogue, Economics, education, Employment, Everything Else, History, Language, Literature, mathematics, News, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Can humanities study remain relevant in the world of STEM?