Books Briefly
BOOKS Books Briefly Experiment in Learning THE EXPERIMENTAL COLLEGE by Alexander Meiklejohn Edited and abridged by John Walker Powell Seven Locks Press (Cabin John, MD). 185 pp. $11.95. At a...
...In his readable introduction to health hazards in today's offices, Joel Makower provides useful information on indoor air pollution, lighting, and office furniture, and mentions organizations active in office research and reform...
...6.95...
...At a time of disarray in our educational system, it is illuminating to re-examine an experiment at the University of Wisconsin...
...Originally published in 1932 and now edited and abridged by John Walker Powell, one of the founding teachers, The Experimental College details the concepts, teaching procedures, and goals of the course...
...During the first year they studied the social order of Fifth Century Athens and during the second, contemporary American culture...
...Meiklejohn is repetitive at times, and his language is occasionally stilted, but his intellectual fervor and sincerity shine through...
...In the late 1920s and early 1930s, Alexander Meiklejohn headed the Experimental College, a two-year course for male freshmen and sophomores...
...233 pp...
...Meiklejohn emphasizes the aim, "the art of reading for intelligence," and defines the two constituents of intelligence as "a sense of human values" and "a capacity for judging situations as furnishing possibilities for the realizing of these values...
...Office Stress OFFICE HAZARDS: HOW YOUR JOB CAN MAKE YOU SICK by Joel Makower (Tilden Press...
...Open offices designed for greater efficiency turn out to be noisy and impersonal...
...As offices become more like factories, clerical workers are facing industrial-style discomforts...
...Their two major books were Plato's Republic and The Education of Henry Adams, supplemented by many other relevant books (listed here in the appendix...
...Video display terminals cause eyestrain, cut workers off from each other, and heighten their sense that they are part of an assembly line...
...According to a study by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, only laborers suffer more stress-related illnesses than secretaries...
Vol. 46 • March 1982 • No. 3
