A study examined teachers' strategic use of a recommended curriculum through the lenses of the three perspectives of fidelity, mutual adaptability, and enactment. The recommended curriculum under consideration was an integrated curriculum developed to prepare middle school students to attend a performance of the opera "Turandot." For 40…

The Arts in Education programs delineated in this guide complement the rigorous arts curriculum taught by arts specialists in North Carolina schools and enable students to experience the joy of the creative process while reinforcing learning in other curricula: language arts, mathematics, social studies, science, and physical education. Programs…

Discusses the undergraduate liberal arts chemistry curriculum of Drew University which emphasizes preparation of students either for a chemistry vocation or for medical or other science careers. Indicates that interdisciplinary training, articulation of courses to students' background, and elimination of traditional course organization are main…

Discusses the purpose and curriculum of interdisciplinary engineering management programs conducted at the University of Missouri-Rolla. Indicates that the development of a proper balance of engineering, science, and management is proved satisfactory by student acceptance, graduate placement, and feedback from both graduates and employers. (CC)

Considered the need for and contributions of liberal education to the educational mainstream. (RK)

After researching NASSP's clearinghouse of information on exemplary programs, the writers present a synthesis of instructional strategies and curricular modalities in communications, social science, and humanities. Schools identified are listed at the end of the article. (Editor)

Discusses a Sloan Foundation undergraduate project conducted at the University of California at Santa Clara, with emphases upon interdisciplinary design. Indicates that engineering should be seen as a broad education for a technology dependent society, rather than education leading to a specialized, dead-end career. (CC)

Discusses the study of design problems by interdisciplinary student-faculty groups under the sponsorship of the Sloan Foundation and in cooperation with industry, government, and community organizations. Included is a list of design projects. (CC)

Describes a program called "Society-Environment-Science" which has been offered for three years at Lansdowne Senior High School (Baltimore, Maryland). It is a one semester, interdisciplinary course that is team-taught by a social-studies teacher and a science teacher. (JR)

Discusses the roles of engineers in medical centers, including technical support, instrument control and safety for the hospital, and teaching and research tasks. Indicates that engineering education should take responsibilities to prepare them to understand the human relations and organizational characteristics of their environment through course…

Describes the interdisciplinary language program offered at the University of Delaware. (RL)

This article, written in essay form, offers a bibliography of readings for teachers and students which was compiled for an American studies unit that focuses upon a three-fold approach: the theoretical and historical nature of growth, the evaluation of the entrepreneur's role in economic growth, and the image held of businessmen and business…

Describes the development of a model curriculum for a joint five-year program in engineering and social work at Washington University. (CC)

Presents ten brief reports of recent innovation in college science teaching, involving study courses, educational programs, demonstrating experiments, laboratory instruction method, and teacher preparation programs. (CC)