Stresses that black literature courses should not be taught in a vacuum: a supportive Afro-American studies department can help fill in the historical background for students of black American literature, and English departments should encourage their teachers of American literature to include works by black authors. (Author/GW)

The connection between social work and public interest work is examined and an attempt is reported to synthesize the two disciplines in a class for undergraduate social welfare majors. Ralph Nader's approach to social change provides a model for social workers. (Author/LBH)

A basic course in pathology at Rotterdam's Erasmus University includes the study of psychological, sociological, economic, and political factors related to the etiology of somatic disorders. The principles of this approach to humanistic medicine are summarized and a description of the course is given. (Editor/LBH)

Liberal learning is being increasingly emphasized in the professional schools to prepare the student for the real world. Examples of interdisciplinary approaches in business and health institutions are cited. (Author/LBH)

A team programming approach that uses parents and professionals to select unified programming goals for severely/multiply disabled students, provide direct and indirect related services, integrate programming methods, and monitor student progress is described. Program philosophy and overall functional assessment-curriculum organizes team members…

A program for teaching relational vocabulary in classroom settings has three receptive steps for identifying the target word and three expressive steps for using the target word. These methods focus on the systematic modification of both example presentation (including non-defining characteristics and situational distractions) and response…

Discusses ways to teach faculty in other disciplines about writing. Offers several writing assignments for interdisciplinary faculty workshops, provides guidelines for conducting such workshops, and outlines desiderata of the content area writing assignment. Appendixes include student writing assignments from courses in various disciplines. (JG)

Presents findings of a survey of participants in writing across the curriculum workshops at the University of Vermont. Notes that although nearly every class requires student writing, the kind of assignment is generally informational, does not engage discovery and direct involvement with material, and requires writing in the particular…

The 1982 position paper of the National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities provides recommendations concerning preparation of professional personnel. Major recommendations include periodic evaluations of training programs and faculty, establishment of interdisciplinary training programs, structuring of practica to enable students to…

A case is made for the importance of studying literature as part of the second language instructional program. Literary criticism introduces linguistics, anthropology, metaphysics, psychoanalysis, and other areas and theories and ties them into into the study of language and literature. (CB)

The relationship between leaders and followers is crucial and often misunderstood. Ninety percent of leadership can be taught, and the remainder consists of energy, stamina, and ingredients of undetermined origin. Those who study leadership come from many disciplines, but what is learned should be shared. (MSE)

Examines similarities between composition and programming processes, and reviews two studies that linked instruction in computer programming and freshman composition to help students understand writing as a design discipline. Projects at the University of Montana and Bryn Mawr College which improved students' writing abilities are described. (LRW)

A series of articles describes college programs designed to educate professionals for the telecommunications industry. Topics discussed include strategies for meeting the needs of the telecommunications industry, policy and management programs, interdisciplinary approaches, and telecommunications as taught in engineering technology programs. (CLB)

An interdisciplinary problem-solving course at Rochester Institute of Technology's Learning Development Center, designed for students who had been placed on probation or suspended, is described. The course stresses the applications of "tools" such as analogy, using a variety of assignments in mathematics, logic, and literature.…

Reviews studies of native-language writing programs and argues that the teaching of writing in the disciplines should be left to the teachers of those disciplines; English-as-a-second-language composition teachers should focus on general principles of inquiry and rhetoric, with emphasis on writing from sources. (Author/CB)