A theory of change is applied to change in universities, which may be peculiarly resistant because of their structure of single-discipline departments and economic pressures. It is proposed that forms of faculty development are significant in bringing about positive change. (MSE)

Roberto Clemente High School in Chicago has an interdisciplinary communications program involving seven subject areas: Graphic Design, Graphic Arts, Photography, Photocomposition, TV Radio/Film, Communications in Spanish, and Latin American Literature. The instructors in these classes form a team. This article is part of a theme issue on career…

Major objectives of the teacher workshop are to increase the empathy and knowledge of the regular teacher concerning the characteristics and problems of the LD student, and to work out communication problems and increase the dialogue between the resource learning center teachers and the regular classroom teachers. (SBH)

Describes a project initiated by the Foreign Language Department of Birmingham-Southern College for their Interim term and discusses an interdisciplinary course focusing on Medieval Europe. The course included presentations on German and French language and literature, as well as lectures on the arts, philosophy, and family life of the period.…

To avoid becoming mere technicians of medicine, future physicians need to understand the human contexts of medical problems. Though courses in the medical humanities tend to range freely, the three disciplines most consistently drawn from are ethics, literature, and history. (Author/MLW)

Notes responses to present deficiencies in college introductory economics courses. Discusses the University of Nebraska's ADAPT (Accent on Developing Abstract Processes of Thought) program. The interdisciplinary project, based on Piaget's developmental stages, assists students in acquiring reasoning skills for the highest stage of intellectual…

Presents a model course for teaching writing in a subject course, developed by a writing teacher and a history teacher. The course deals with students' writing attitudes, forming concepts from data, analyzing frames of reference and writer's bias, and steps toward a final draft. (HTH)

Although the liberal arts curriculum has many defenders, it is seen as needing believers. To make the liberal arts credible for students and others, programs and research that show the concrete value of this education must be actively supported. (Author/MLW)

Presents a report about astronomy education in the United Kingdom. Some of the views about astronomy activities in schools and the importance of teaching astronomy and space science in British schools are included. (HM)

The Development of Operational Reasoning Skills (DOORS) program at Illinois Central College is an interdisciplinary experiment that guides students from concrete to formal operational levels of thought to ensure that they understand the concepts and cognitive skills undergirding the rhetorical modes. (RL)

Arts programs frequently are integrated into other curriculum areas as an economic measure. Although program quality usually suffers as a result, following the guidelines offered here can ensure that integrated programs are effective. (Author/JM)

Suggests strategies and activities related to energy education at the elementary level. The author stresses that learning experiences must be interdisciplinary and based on social and scientific information and concepts. (KC)

The Mid-America Cancer Center Program has developed a comprehensive approach for evaluating the cancer education curriculum at the University of Kansas Medical Center. The project included a review of all cancer-related teaching objectives and the development of an interdepartmental oncology curriculum. (JMD)

An integrated physical science course of approximately 40 instructional hours for eighth graders is described. The materials and text were prepared in accordance with the overall program for secondary school science drawn up by the Israeli Ministry of Education. (Author/MK)

This statement, the product of a cooperative effort of professional associations of teachers in many disciplines, argues against a narrow approach to the problem of fostering basic skills that would ignore the complexity of modern life and the interdependency of disciplines. (JB)