The University of Washington School of Dentistry developed a 36-month formal teacher education program in combination with joint specialty training in pedodontics and orthodontics. The rationale and structure of the original program is outlined and the reasons for its termination are discussed. (Author/MLW)

Described is how the utilization of the science classroom for the development of language skills, particularly in the area of writing. Suggested activities include crossword puzzles, poetry, puppet shows, comic books and letter writing. (Author/DS)

Described is a science and language arts activity which involves students writing books about topics of classroom discussion. The information for these books was compiled from encyclopedias, magazines, and personal observation. Grammar skills were emphasized along with scientific content. Students' books were placed in a class library for student…

Discusses five aspects of English teacher preparation that need to be improved: (1) teacher certification requirements; (2) understanding by college professors of the realities of teaching English at the secondary level; (3) cooperation; (4) involvement by English professors in their students' student teaching experience; (5) screening of…

Discusses assigning medical students to on-call clergy. The on-call clergy help cope with crises that arise in the hospital. The students gain clinical experience through the tutelage of the clergy. (Author)

Describes an English course that capitalizes on the popularity of running, integrating running with reading and writing activities. Notes the positive results of this interdisciplinary approach. Provides samples of student writings. (RL)

Educators of the eighties and nineties, it is suggested, are responsible for making sure that Americans enter the twenty-first century with a view as wide as the world. The widest and most neglected frontier of United States educational reform is seen as a global perspective on all studies. (MLW)

Describes an interdisciplinary approach to modern language curriculum design and its results in reversing the declining enrollment trend. These results stem from a global awareness program featuring courses on language role and language communities and training in textual analysis. Adds that the interdisciplinary approach has produced better…

Discussed is the value of marine education and its place in the enhancement of the curriculum. Marine education is characterized by an interdisciplinary activity-oriented program in which the students are encouraged to read, write, do acts and crafts, sing, cook, and think about marine education issues. (Author/DS)

Discusses the translator's need for help from structural linguistics and the inadequacy of the response of linguistics to so-called translation problems. Two German-French syntax problems are given as examples and a solution is offered from a translator's point of view. (AMH)

The origins, development, and structure of a social planning program offered jointly by the School of Social Work and the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are described. The exchange has proven useful for both faculty and students in each department. (Author/MLW)

As the profession of podiatric medicine becomes more closely identified with the delivery of primary care, it is suggested that it is essential for practicing podiatrists and students to have more educational opportunities in the field of holistic health care, psychiatry, and the behavioral sciences. (Author/MLW)

Described is a Kernel Design, used in the multiunit Discovery School in Mansfield, Ohio, to improve a general weakness in the areas of measurement and the use of monetary skills. Kernel Design is so named because it conveys the gist or core of an idea. (Author/TG)

Teachers need a liberal arts background to understand what they are teaching and why they are teaching it. (Author/JD)

The history of Communism is effectively taught by the extensive use of new audiovisual and interdisciplinary tools. Inclusion of material from many disciplines besides history is necessary if the complicated and highly emotional political issues are to be handled in a thoughtful, objective presentation. (MLW)