Describes the development and writing of hypotheticals (role-playing) by final-year education students based on local environmental issues that incorporated social, political, and economic elements. The activity enhanced students' communication, problem-solving and decision-making skills, responsibility for learning, and led to a greater knowledge…

Outlines a minicourse for the middle level, intended as a foundation for planning courses that meet the unique needs of each school and its students. The course, on the properties of silver, covers the curricular areas of science, social studies, language arts, math, creative arts, and vocational-career education. (HTH)

Reviews data on the rapid growth of the older population in Australia. Describes the aims and content of gerontological education, highlighting the importance of destroying myths. Describes the educational opportunities available for older people, exploring the University of the Third Age model. (DMM)

Suggests greater emphasis on middle school music education, both as part of general education and of the curriculum's exploratory component. Argues that music can add emotion to social studies and promote learning in all subject areas through rhythm, rhyme, and repetition. Calls for student opportunities to explore instruments and composition. (SG)

Matthew Arnold (1822-88) believed no branch of knowledge was important enough to stress at school while excluding others. He recommended including sciences in a broad curriculum. Arnold believed the broad-ranging curricula in certain European countries effectively encouraged a modernity which England, with its one-sided studies, could not emulate.…

An approach to teaching business French to high school students is discussed. The approach involves a two-trimester integrated French curriculum of culture, history, and art that prepares students for the study of French business practices during the last trimester. (four references) (LP)

The lack of adequate and appropriate methods for assessing the effectiveness of interdisciplinary higher education programs is discussed. Barriers to evaluation are examined and examples of locally designed and standardized program evaluation measures are described briefly and compared. Specific recommendations are made for designing evaluations.…

Pine Ridge Reservation schools use an interdisciplinary culture-based hands-on approach to science education. During a two-week summer science camp, elementary school teachers receive training in hands-on science instruction and apply their training with students. High school science classes incorporate Lakota culture and community problem…

This article presents an overview of the 10 university-based interdisciplinary training programs in child maltreatment funded in 1987 by the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect. The organizational structure, student composition, and academic requirements of each program are listed. A detailed description of one program based in a medical…

Provides an empirical assessment of factors affecting interdisciplinary teaching of liberal arts in professional art programs in 8 art schools and 18 universities, including differences in faculty members' length of tenure, full-/part-time status, age, experiences, and exposure to varied social contexts. Supports inclusion of liberal arts in…

Suggests assigning students to construct timelines using continuous-fold computer paper. Explains various means of arranging the timelines. Recommends several different uses, including reading, mathematics, or spelling. Concludes that using continuous-fold paper can help students develop a sense of history, both as individuals and as part of a…

Discussed is the development of the science-technology-society (STS) rationale for curriculum and instruction. Presented is an effort to strengthen the rationale behind STS education by applying to it parallel theory and research taken for the wider curriculum field. (KR)

Described is an integrated framework used to teach engineering, creativity, and management that emulates the working environment of a modern and dynamic engineering organization. This is done through the use of case studies. (KR)

Presents music education as a setting for teaching nonlinear dynamics and chaotic behavior connected with fixed-point and limit-cycle attractors. The aim is not music composition but a first approach to an interdisciplinary tool suitable for a single-session class, at either the secondary or undergraduate level, for the introduction of these…

Discusses collection coordination and development in academic libraries and describes collection development activities in the area of psychology at the University of Florida. Barriers to efficient collection development are addressed, including physical, organizational, and discipline-related problems; duplication studies are described; and…