Development of field work in law at the undergraduate level, use of new pedagogies, growth of interdisciplinary law study, and critique of legal formalism are central to the legal studies program at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Included here are program philosophy and requirements for the Bachelor's Degree in Legal Studies. (JT)

Describes a simulated auto insurance company at Greenfield High School (Greenfield, Wisconsin), a comprehensive model designed for business students but involving other high school classes such as distributive education, home economics, and auto mechanics. The model is noted to not only train students for an opportunity field but provide them with…

Reviews the relationship of health education and physical education, which during the past three decades have increasingly become independent disciplines. Presents current issues related to mergers of the disciplines, highlighting Montana's health enhancement curriculum, and provides recommendations for professional preparation programs. (SM)

Describes a course that integrates abstract biological concepts into narrative contexts to make science come alive for apprehensive nonmajors. Simple and creative methods of conveying information--such as humorous, light-hearted analogies to lighten the mood--reduce the abstractness of the material and alone can effectively relieve anxiety and…

Describes a modular, interdisciplinary curriculum offered by the City and East London Confederation. This curriculum aims to encourage more student responsibility for education, to create a problem solving approach to learning, to give early exposure to clinical elements, and to develop student communication skills. (DDR)

Discusses how foreign language departments can lead in the development of interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary curricula because of their vast experience with multidisciplinary work. Particular focus is on the less commonly taught languages, which offer rich and neglected academic resources that can help demystify foreign cultures and diversify…

Nursing, medicine, and public health students at East Tennessee State University function as interdisciplinary team members in a community partnership program designed to meet the health care needs of a rural underserved community. The program uses an experiential, inquiry-based learning model. (SK)

Explains a method to enable students to understand DNA and protein synthesis using model-building and role-playing. Acquaints students with the triplet code and transcription. Includes copies of the charts used in this technique. (DDR)

Debunks notion that someone can teach for nine months and then start learning in a two-week summer institute. Describes a Seattle project that is demolishing teaching/learning barriers by allowing English and history teachers to meet monthly for an entire day to read and discuss literary and historical works and plan an interdisciplinary…

Examines some of the potential and some of the problems inherent in using computerized simulations in science and science studies classes by applying lessons from the epistemology of science. While computer simulations are useful pedagogical tools, they are not experiments and thus are of only limited utility as substitutes for actual…

Used the critical incident technique to study conditions that encourage or discourage teacher collaboration. Found that time, training, and organizational support were crucial to collaboration. Lack of structured support, pressures to "cover" curriculum and conduct testing, and traditions of tracking and separate-subject instruction discouraged…

Argues that a well-planned science lesson is also a language lesson and that many of the skills cited in Science in the National Curriculum can also be regarded as language skills. Discusses the acquisition of scientific language by children. (DDR)

Considers the value of published subject bibliographies in helping to winnow the amount of retrieved information from electronic catalogs and indexes based on an information search of the interdisciplinary field of play and leisure. A case study compares the process of developing two bibliographies about play and leisure. (Author/LRW)

Presents suggestions for a schoolwide Olympic curriculum that uses an interdisciplinary approach and takes advantage of student interest in the Olympic games. (JRH)