The repercussions of an increasingly globalized society present opportunities to communication academics for designing new and interdisciplinary courses, team teaching, and guest lecturing. Among the contributions that communication instructors could make to such an endeavor is to offer information about sociolinguistics. Communication scholars…

This multidisciplinary analysis identifies how an understanding of information processing and decision making as social processes can determine the effectiveness of educational reform strategies, with a focus on viewing the roles of educational leaders as information processors and policy negotiators. This paper: (1) presents an overview of…

A survey was made of the attitudes of school personnel toward specific dimensions of the Regent's Action Plan for improving education in the State of New York. Responses revealed (1) a strong negative reaction to the proficiency requirement in foreign language, (2) support by elementary teachers for an increase in secondary testing requirements…

At Hyogo University of Teacher Education (Japan), faculty emphasize that inservice training should be regarded as a part of the teacher's life-long progress. The aims of the graduate school are to: (1) provide specified knowledge; (2) cultivate the ability to do research in specific areas; and (3) develop advanced skills necessary to perform in an…

Activities in this teacher's packet are designed to familiarize secondary school students with the responsibilities involved in pet ownership. Teaching plans are provided for a total of 12 lessons grouped under social studies, language arts, math, and health sciences. Activities focus on pet overpopulation, expressions of social responses in…

As a substitute for what he sees as confusion of separate introductory courses in the different areas, the author proposes an interdisciplinary social science-humanities course organized around basic questions about man's individual and group needs and behaviors, group relationships and processes, value systems, and techniques for creating and…

Examines contemporary models of undergraduate education, including their historical development and the reforms of the 1960's, asking whether the many social, political, and intellectual directions demand corresponding curricular responses or a new synthesis. Concludes that social complexity calls for emphasis on the aesthetic and intuitive as…

This article discusses the role of professional educators such as foreign language professors and linguists, and of disciplines such as sociology, history, anthropology and fine arts in the preparation of bilingual-bicultural teachers. (CLK)

In answer to the quandry of environmental law teachers as to how to deal with the magnitude of environmental problems, the author proposes focus on the nature of the legal decision system as a tool for handling the environment before examining specific areas such as energy, transportation, etc. (JT)

Discusses the rationale for teaching comparative law and describes techniques and results of experiments with two kinds of courses at Boston College Law School: (1) Comparative Legal Analysis, a perspective course, and (2) integration of comparative law as another dimension into courses in a particular subject matter area. (JT)

Analyzes five biology textbooks for their coverage on sex-related topics and suggests an interdisciplinary approach to foster positive student attitudes and values toward sex. (LS)

Supports a program format in which engineering is integrated with other subjects in order to displace the public's misconceptions of engineers. Offers program guide along with a funding-formula to distribute the cost of such a multidisciplinary approach in a university setting. (CP)

A "German Semester" concentrates four or five simultaneous courses in German language; literature; art and music; science, philosophy and psychology; and social sciences, with faculty as well as outside lecturers from the various disciplines. (CHK)

This article concerns an attempt to develop an interdisciplinary environment-oriented program in a Canadian graduate school. A problem-solving approach was utilized in a study of the environmental aspects of the pulp and paper industry. The success of this project coincided with a growing interdisciplinary trend in other universities. (MA)