Through the use of novels, the author presents teaching techniques and suggestions for incorporating cultural awareness with historical background in an Asian studies survey course at the college level. (JR)

A survey of grocery shopping patterns increases elementary students involvement in economic geography. (DE)

Three locally developed elementary and junior high social studies units are described. (DE)

This program is designed to involve students in the economy of their community. It combines an interdisciplinary educational program with practical field and laboratory experience. This program provides opportunities in the area of aquaculture, controlled cultivation of marketable species and the total ecological corrections necessary to maintain…

This guide for film study and film making in the secondary English class arranges materials in a sequential order and divides them into four major sections. The section on background information includes: Table of Contents, Design for Use of the Guide, Rationale for the Use of Film Study in the English Class, Objectives for a Film Study and Film…

Describes an interdisciplinary approach for teaching the topic of anesthesia as one aspect of a chemistry-oriented course for nonscience majors which focuses on timely topics such as the energy crisis and drugs. Historical treatment with the examination of literature is emphasized in teaching. (HM)

Describes the geography component of a women's studies interdisciplinary program at Salem State College in Massachusetts. (AV)

The author developed a course called "Wagnerian Music Drama and English Literature." Its intent was, by offering a class that would juxtapose the music dramas of Richard Wagner with English literature, to develop insights into the subjects that might not otherwise emerge from considering either the music or literature alone. (Author/RK)

Teaching and learning experiences for graduate students planning careers as college or university teachers are presented in a seminar offered to students in a variety of disciplines. Seminar format, student assignments, and student evaluations of the current catalog-listed seminar at Colorado State University are discussed. (LBH)

Offers a model for interdisciplinary courses, altering the relation of the discipline, teacher, and student. Describes a University of Texas at Austin course as an example of the model, which focuses on major models for research; on developing students' methodological competence; and on validity and significance as writing criteria. (AYC)

Describes the origin, development, and format of an interdisciplinary course on global issues. Discusses topic areas addressed in the elective. Offers perspectives on the values and need for a course of this nature and provides suggestions for its extension. (ML)

An intensive five-day all-day humanities course on 18th century thought and culture for eighth graders that involved 11 different departments is described. The course helped students recognize that what they were taught in one class could reinforce and illuminate what they were learning in another course. (RM)

Describes Notre Dame High School's (California) integrated bioethics course, which contains units on basic concepts of goals, rights, and duty ethics; reproductive technologies; genetic technologies; death and dying; behavior modification; and experiments with human subjects. Provides a bibliography of student and teacher materials. (DMM)

Describes the structure and content of a multidisciplinary environmental science course for non-science majors offered at Southern Illinois University. (JR)

The described course had these objectives: (1) To increase awareness to the health needs of minority and low income groups. (2) To acquire knowledge to facilitate health care for these groups. (3) To increase the student's understanding of other health care professions. (Author/PG)