Describes the organization and the benefit of using the team-teaching approach in a technical writing course for chemical engineering students. (RL)

The coeducational college classroom with male and female teachers working cooperatively provides an appropriate setting for the discussion of sexually relevant issues. Myths and misunderstandings can then be confronted and discussed by everyone. (JN)

Instruction in the use of college libraries makes little sense unless it is related to classroom activity. Several teaching methods are discussed that address library instruction within specific educational contexts. Focus is on a method that involves the librarian as a seminar participant with students and professor. (JMD)

Describes a team effort by an historian and a college reading specialist in which volunteer undergraduate students participated in hopes of improving their history papers. Weekly sessions involved summarizing history assignments. Results indicate the importance of both reading levels and reading styles. (KC)

The planning and operation of the introductory course of the B.A. modular social science degree at the Polytechnic of Central London are described. The basic concept is to have students work in intensive, concentrated two-week units devoted to a single subject taught by special teams. The experimental structure has been successful. (LBH)

The activities of the Center for Ethics, Medicine, and Public Issues (Texas) are described. The center focuses on the clinical teaching of medical ethics, collaborative teaching and research involving ethicists and clinicians, and the training of future practitioners. Problems and achievements are highlighted. (Author/MSE)

Interdisciplinary teaching helps students see how knowledge and tools within individual disciplines can be brought together to address problems or issues of concern to mankind. Team teaching within seminars allows students to witness and engage in disciplinary interrelations. (MSE)

Describes team-taught courses in which the lectures of each team member are critiqued by other team members. Stresses that the result is a deeper, more critical analysis of each team member's material and of the interrelationship of their presentations. (DB)

An interdisciplinary arts curriculum at Columbia College (Illinois) offers young arts professionals an opportunity to deepen creative exploration while preparing for administrative and teaching careers. The program offers collaborative teaching and classes that include students with many individual specialties. Five studio courses concentrate on…

Discusses the New Learning Communities (NLC) program developed by CNI (Coalition for Networked Information) to support pioneers in education who use networking and networked information to support student-centered teaching and learning. Highlights include computer networks in higher education, especially the Internet; information literacy skills;…

A capstone business course sought to develop understanding of integrated organization functions by having cross-functional teams play roles in a hypothetical case. A variety of assessment methods were used. Team teaching proved very time consuming. Students felt challenged by team responsibilities and the ambiguity in the course design. (Contains…

Team teaching provided a model for real-world collaborative research efforts in a doctoral level course in research methodology. The instructors--one bringing extensive experience in teaching statistical methods and program evaluation; the other specializing in conducting qualitative research--used a constructivist framework for the course,…

Three professors at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, reflected about a course they taught together on the use of metaphor in language, art and literature. In examining a wide range of art works with their students, including prose by E. A. Poe, Nancy Mairs, Henry James, and Woody Allen and movies such as "Dr.…

When a communication instructor first taught at a Catholic university, she learned that lecturing was considered the only respected way to teach. Perhaps the reason that lecturing is preferred at Catholic universities is the extant masculine orientation of the Catholic Church and organizations associated with it. At Catholic universities, the most…

College interdisciplinary programs that focus on student writing are reviewed, and research and criticisms of these programs are briefly addressed. Features of 12 interdisciplinary programs emphasizing writing at the undergraduate level are summarized. The following are among the conclusions offered: (1) a growing number of higher education…