Dealing with the issue of a changing society and recognizing that teacher education has remained basically unchanged for 100 years, the faculty of the Winthrop College School of Education agreed to take the risk involved with transforming the teacher education curriculum. Three interdisciplinary teams have identified curriculum to be taught to…

These three occasional publications contain the following articles: (1) Varieties of Interdisciplinary Approaches in the Social Sciences (Raymond C. Miller); (2) Five Arguments against Interdisciplinary Studies (Thomas L. Benson); (3) What Are Transdisciplinary Principles? (Robert W. Winquist); (4) Can Progress toward Interdisciplinary Education…

This bulletin highlights the efforts of the St. Louis Community College District to revitalize the liberal arts on its campuses. First, the structures and activities that were used to develop a liberal arts curriculum are described, including: (1) the formation of districtwide and campus Liberal Arts Committees; (2) the development of project…

Based on the Carnegie Foundation study of baccalaureate programs, which found that many colleges are confused as to their mission and are fragmenting the disciplines into smaller and smaller pieces, a case is made for revising the higher education curriculum. Coursework is fragmented because of the growth of specialized fields within the…

This is a discussion of the ten guidelines drawn up at the German Studies Conference, Bloomington, Indiana, 1972, entitled "Teaching Postwar Germany" in America. (Text is in German.) (TL)

Discusses the teaching of a science course to prospective elementary teachers using materials from astronomy, chemistry, geology, and physics. Indicates that it is possible to help future teachers develop a positive attitude toward science teaching through such a unified course. (CC)

The paper reports on the goals, procedures and results of the 1974-75 survey of non-traditional curricula for foreign languages in American institutions of higher education. The new curricula are classified under five main headings: 1) Career-related, 2) Community-related, 3) Interdisciplinary (Interdepartmental), 4) Interdisciplinary…

The concept of social relevance to geographic education and some of the implications of this concept for curriculum development and classroom teaching are explored. Geographic educators must be concerned with adopting new philosophies to the teaching of their subject, developing more appropriate strategies and curricula, and aiding in the…

Adapted from Chapter 1 of the forthcoming 1969 Yearbook of the National Council for the Social Studies, "Social Studies Curriculum Development: Prospects and Problems. From a special report, "What's New in Curriculum.

The many forms of interdisciplinarity in higher education institutions and the various ways it has been used to advance curricular changes are examined. Definitions of interdisciplinarity and its variants (multi-, pluri-, and transdisciplinarity) provide a conceptual framework for the examination. In this study, interdisciplinarity is understood…

LEADERSHIP IN SOCIAL RECONSTRUCTION MUST BEGIN IN THE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. THE NEED FOR CHANGES IN STRUCTURE, ORGANIZATION, AND GOALS OF HIGHER EDUCATION IS BASED UPON THREE ASSUMPTIONS--(1) HIGHER EDUCATION IS LARGELY IRRELEVANT UNLESS IT FULFILLS ITS FUNCTION AS AN INSTRUMENT OF CONTINUOUS, CONSTRUCTIVE SOCIAL CRITICISM, (2) HIGHER…

Noting the increased attention being given to the communication needs of specific professional groups, this paper concentrates upon the needs of engineers and engineering students. The first section of the paper provides a general discussion of the communication needs of practicing engineers and technicians and of the ways in which these needs…