מהו חינוך לעומק ולשם מה נחוצים מדעי הרוח?

Behind this article stands the teaching crisis that followed the 2020 COVID epidemic and the switch to distance teaching. It seeks to define the concept of “depth” relevant in teaching the Humanities. The article begins by distinguishing between education and mass culture, and between education and propaganda (Ernst Akiva Simon, 1983). It proceeds to map out the four aspects of depth embodied in the Humanities: depth of a phenomenon occurring in the world, conceptual depth, emotional depth, and linguistic depth. For each of these aspects, the article proposes two criteria that could help answer the question of how to recognize an in-depth approach in the humanities. This conceptual mapping aims to underscore several points that should be regarded as essential in teaching the Humanities and pinpoint their crucial role in Education. The criteria proposed in this article would offer a more focused and clearer way to explore the extent to which the depth dimension is preserved in the transition to distance teaching in the Humanities.