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Peer reviewedKlein, Julie Thompson – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1994
Strategies for locating interdisciplinary knowledge and information for development of college curricula and instruction are outlined, including identification of existing curriculum models and syllabi (through publications, networking, and online searching) and finding literature on the concept of interdisciplinarity in the humanities, social…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Instruction, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
Peer reviewedKreber, Carolin – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2001
Offers suggestions on how the scholarship of teaching could be built into graduate and faculty development programs, and introduces a model that could serve as a framework for courses on learning to teach in higher education. (EV)
Descriptors: College Instruction, Curriculum Development, Faculty Development, Graduate Study
Peer reviewedSoven, Margot – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1988
Follow-up activities are essential to maintaining a writing-across-the-curriculum program. La Salle University created a second stage of program development through new workshops and symposia, collaborative teaching and co-authoring, and opportunities for student involvement. (MSE)
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Faculty Development
Peer reviewedMcLeod, Susan H. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1988
The enthusiasm generated by workshops in writing across the curriculum can be translated into lasting curricular change, particularly in freshman composition, general education courses, and upper-division writing emphasis courses. Committees, central to any change effort, can take any of a variety of forms. (MSE)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Curriculum, Committees, Curriculum Development
Peer reviewedNewell, William H. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1994
A step-by-step guide to designing interdisciplinary courses is presented. Underlying theoretical rationales and expected educational outcomes are explored, and concrete suggestions and examples are offered. Steps include assembling an interdisciplinary team, selecting a topic, identifying disciplines for inclusion, developing the issues underlying…
Descriptors: Assignments, College Curriculum, College Instruction, Course Content


