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Breathing Life into the Syllabus: The Collaborative Development of a First-Year Writing Course for Nursing Students
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Feltham, Mark; Krahn, Mary Anne – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2016
In this essay, we tell the story of how a team of English and nursing professors came together to develop curriculum for a mandatory first-semester writing course in the collaborative Bachelor of Science, Nursing (BScN) at Fanshawe College and Western University, both in London, Ontario. The discussion focuses on the implementation of the course…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Writing Instruction, Nursing Education, Foreign Countries
How an Entry-Level, Interdisciplinary Sustainability Course Revealed the Benefits and Challenges of a University-Wide Initiative for Sustainability Education
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Coops, Nicholas C.; Marcus, Jean; Construt, Ileana; Frank, Erica; Kellett, Ron; Mazzi, Eric; Munro, Alison; Nesbit, Susan; Riseman, Andrew; Robinson, John; Schultz, Anneliese; Sipos, Yona – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2015
Purpose: Delivery of sustainability-related curriculum to undergraduate students can be problematic due to the traditional "siloing" of curriculum by faculties along disciplinary lines. In addition, while there is often a ready availability of courses focused on sustainability issues in the later years of students' programs, few early…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Curriculum Development, Undergraduate Students, Interdisciplinary Approach
Educational Programs for Team Delivery: The Johns Hopkins Experience and A Canadian Perspective
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Peterson, Malcolm L.; Spitzer, Walter O. – Journal of Medical Education, 1975
The planning and development of interdisciplinary education for health associates at Johns Hopkins University are described by Malcolm L. Peterson. (Includes training of an interdisciplinary team of practitioners by an interdisciplinary team of teachers.) Walter O. Spitzer compares Canadian and U.S. experience in such interdisciplinary education…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
Recipes or Dialogue? A Middle School Team Conceptualizes "Curricular Integration."
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Kain, Daniel L. – Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 1996
Restructuring efforts, including curriculum integration, require that teachers exercise intellectual skills transcending craft wisdom and recipe exchanges. This article explores the tension between teamed middle-school teachers' technical interest in seeking recipes and their deliberationist interest in engaging in fruitful dialog. Teachers…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Decision Making, Foreign Countries, Integrated Curriculum
The Block Plan. Grade Seven Instructional Manual.
Sigurdson, Sol E., Ed.; And Others – 1981
This manual illustrates an interdisciplinary team approach to teaching four academic subjects for seventh grade students. Eight interdisciplinary units are presented that were developed by teachers around two or more of the following subject areas: language arts, social studies, science, and mathematics. An introduction to the Block Plan, as it…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Curriculum Development, Experimental Programs, Flexible Scheduling
The Block Plan. An Alternative Approach to the Needs of Junior High School Students. Final Report 1981.
Sigurdson, Sol E. – 1981
The effectiveness of the Block Plan, developed and implemented by the seventh grade students at Edith Rogers Junior High School in Edmonton, Alberta (Canada) was investigated. The Block Plan uses the concept of a pair of teachers assigned to two classes of students for the homeroom period plus a pair of teachers assigned for each of four academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Attendance, Curriculum Development