Discusses interdisciplinary team collaboration for teachers, including structuring a successful team meeting, the 10-step interdisciplinary problem-solving meeting, evaluation of team collaboration, and effective team communication. (SR)

Given increasing industry demand for integrative learning, marketing curricula need to emphasize interdisciplinary approaches to teaching. Although team teaching is a useful method for achieving cross-functional integration, there are very few frameworks for effectively implementing team teaching. Consequently, marketing educators seeking to offer…

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…

A seminar entitled "The Juvenile and the Law" offered by the University of Connecticut Schools of Law and Social Work is described. Designed to foster interprofessional understanding, the class of half law and half social work students is taught by an interdisciplinary team and focuses on research by interdisciplinary student teams. (JT)

The physics-industrial arts partnership is a program developed to strengthen high school students' theoretical and practical knowledge within the general areas of physics. It is designed for two groups of students--science students enrolled in physics classes and industrial students enrolled in woods, metals, auto mechanics, or electronics. The…

Five teachers describe the ways they teach consumer education: 1) through the theme of American problems, 2) through a team of teachers representing different disciplines, 3) through tandem teaching with constant representation from business and social sciences, 4) as a unit in an economics course, and 5) by activities integrated into the…

The industrial model has penetrated every avenue of American existence; even education is compartmentalized in the United States for the purposes of management and immediate efficiency. One initial step that has been taken toward creative and constructive change in education is the institution of cross-disciplinary humanities courses. English…

Teachers have used unified educational techniques for years. What is new is the attempt to articulate a system of such techniques that can be used at all levels of learning. Some suggested techniques are: (1) whole-learning charts, (2) linkage exercises, (3) whole-problem-solving exercise, (4) universals exercise, (5) archetype exercise, (6) model…

The individually guided education (IGE) program developed by the Kettering Foundation was implemented in September of 1973 at the John F. Kennedy Memorial Junior High School in Woburn, Massachusetts. The components of the program described in this speech include pupil and teacher scheduling, physical layout, pupil selection and adjustment,…

The purpose of this study was threefold: to emphasize a need for humanities education in the secondary school today; to explore various types of programs in humanities education in respect to method of approach, content, teaching, and achievment; and to propose guidelines which may aid others in undertaking or implementing a humanities program in…

This article describes an approach whereby physical educators can become dynamic members of the interdisciplinary team helping to develop programs for developmentally disabled children. (RC)

Describes a freshman introductory unit that utilizes team teaching techniques and close student-faculty relationships: Faculty from the divisions of Science, Social Science, Humanities, Rhetoric, and Psychology and Counseling cooperated in the designing and teaching of the course. The science segment includes lectures and laboratory exercises. (MA)

Outlines an interdisciplinary university course, Historical and Psychological Analyses of Genocide, which dealt with the Nazi treatment of Jews during World War II. The course examines psychological and sociohistorical principles which could result in mass murder. Concludes that such an approach promotes a thorough explanation of such an event.…

Describes the results of an interdisciplinary approach adopted by a French teacher and a music teacher in a French secondary school. (AM)