There are new and persuasive reasons why industrial arts and physical science teachers, who have common interests in industrial technology, should jointly plan programs and instruction. (SK)

The director of the Center for the Advanced Study of Educational Administration at the University of Oregon and one of his associates discuss the new role of administration in an individual-oriented educational system. (AA)

International educational linkages can help institutions stretch limited resources and enrich the curriculum. Establishing an international linkage involves identifying basic considerations (benefits and obligations), examining arrangement options, selecting a partner, making a formal agreement, and nurturing and maintaining the partnership. (SK)

Claims that curriculum planning and effective advising will help students develop intellectual connections across their individual courses and thus enhance their college experience. Explains how nine colleges now use interdisciplinary teaching to improve their engineering programs by making connections across department boundaries, college…

Secondary teachers in a master's with initial certification program designed and taught interdisciplinary lessons. They discovered creative ways to connect subjects and address real problems and issues, gained insight into other subject areas, and acquired experience in collaborating with other teachers. (Contains 24 references.) (SK)

This paper describes how two related e-learning initiatives have led to school-level virtual learning environment (VLE) adoption and commencement of several new teaching developments at the University of Southampton. These have engaged additional academic staff with online learning and increased the role of blended learning within the curriculum,…

Interviews with 10 faculty participating in a collaborative bachelors' degree program involving 5 nursing schools identified elements of the program's success: initial agreement, faculty control, initial curriculum focus, management of ambiguity, iterative process, objective facilitation, institutional autonomy, and assertive conflict management.…

A University of North Texas project used a team approach to develop a curriculum integrating academic subjects into vocational curricula. Ten teachers cooperated on integrated junior high/middle school lesson plans and classroom support activities. (JOW)

Describes a curriculum designed to address the shift in nursing education to one that prepares nurses to work from a health promotion perspective. (JOW)

Describes issues surrounding the general weakness in formal statistics education for both undergraduate and graduate students, and the minimal collaboration between statisticians and atmospheric scientists. Recommends statistics curriculum guidelines for atmospheric science students and ways to improve overall interaction between the disciplines.…

Outlines the development of a guidance and counseling program curriculum implemented by Bermuda's Ministry and Department of Education. The curriculum is designed to enable counselors to co-plan with teachers and other school personnel as an interdisciplinary team in the articulation of the guidance and counseling program with designated areas of…

Inreach and Outreach, a new recruitment model, was devised in an endeavor to link educational institutions to human services agencies themselves in training and recruitment of prospective human services workers. Inreach and Outreach monitors current trends and keeps the curriculum coherent with the philosophies basic to the effective…

Article considered the need for coordinating and sharing experience in initiating curriculum development. (Author/RK)

Networks, consortia, and coalitions among school districts are cost-effective means to provide staff development, improve instruction, and develop curriculum. This article summarizes results of two studies in Oregon that focused on cross-organizational collaboration for school improvement. Guidelines are provided for organizations and individuals…

A case study of a teacher committee collaborating on development of school policy illuminates such barriers to teacher collaboration and school-based management as time constraints and lack of inservice support. A major difficulty is that the culture of teaching is based on privacy and individualism. (SK)