Describes the writing lab of the Glenbrook, Illinois, School District. Discusses the transition time between the old and new teaching systems, and offers ways to optimize this time. (PRA)

Contains articles describing and evaluating the Interdisciplinary Generalist Curriculum (IGC) Project, a curriculum for the first two years of medical school designed to encourage more graduates to enter generalist fields. Articles are grouped in sections: "What Was the ICG Project?"; "What Can Others Learn from the IGC…

A group of teachers at a large, urban Texas district participated in a project to develop and teach study units based on E.D. Hirsch's Core Knowledge Curriculum. Drawing on their deliberations and university coursework, teachers selected topics, built units, and devised literacy strategies to teach core knowledge content. (Contains 34 references.)…

Describes the author's development of a theatre curriculum intended to reach thousands of children in the United States and around the world. Discusses how this curriculum development opportunity required that she break some of her own rules. Describes the long list of criteria the grantor required for what they fund and how she worked to fulfill…

Many students have difficulty when first exposed to statistical concepts. In the case of service teaching arrangements where the focus is more on the statistical literacy needs of the profession and concepts need to be developed in short time frames the challenges are even more imposing, particularly if cohorts contain substantial numbers of…

"Every boy and every girl...should be a producer. The growing of plants...should therefore become an integral part of the school program." With these words, the federal Bureau of Education launched the United States School Garden Army (USSGA) during World War I, targeting urban and suburban youth. It represented one of the earliest federal efforts…

Research indicates that, if future teachers are to effectively use technology, their pre-service preparation should employ multiple components. These components include core course work in educational technology, faculty modeling, and clinical experiences. This paper describes and analyzes one model for drawing these three components coherently…

Inspired by the Salters Approach (UK) and ChemCom (USA), units for a new curriculum for chemistry teaching are being developed in Germany based on theories of scientific literacy, motivation, and situated learning. The curriculum follows a context-based approach. Rather than using the structure of the discipline, it generates basic chemical…

This book describes the Inventing Maths for Parents and Children and Teachers (IMPACT) project, a project that involves parents routinely in the primary school curriculum and that includes curriculum materials that are designed to be valid across different cultures. This book describes and promotes educational settings in which the child is not…

Responding to the needs for professional bilingual linguists to work in private industry and government, the National Hispanic University (NHU) has developed a B.A. degree program in Liberal Studies with an emphasis in Spanish and English translation. The program combines theoretical and applied course work in translation in the fields of…

Project Accommodate, a program designed to improve inservice to regular Nebraska secondary teachers serving handicapped students, is described. The state's needs for inservice training to implement the goal of providing services in the least restrictive environment are discussed as background to Project Accommodate's development. Goals of the…

Article described an innovative program that combined curriculum reform with inservice teacher training. (RK)

Outlines the basic requirements for genuinely transdisciplinary studies. Describes ways of transcending the boundaries of the disciplines and describes a learning environment that would facilitate integration. (GS)

States that real problem solving must become an effective and integral part of education at all levels. Describes the relationship of real problem solving to the USMES class, interdisciplinary education, and the total school program. (GS)

Presents a college program that utilizes a self-paced, mastery-oriented curricula. Courses are subdivided into small complete modules that may require a few hours or a few weeks to complete. Describes development of the modules and disciplinary differencies in their use. (GS)