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humanist tradition  

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  • The humanist tradition within curriculum studies emphasizes literature, foreign languages, reason, and the complete development of human excellence, or virtue. In the United States, a humanistic approach to curriculum dominated K–12 schooling, as well as higher education, well into the late 20th century. [Source: Encyclopedia of Curriculum Studies; Humanist Tradition]

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