Report on the advantages and disadvantages of the interdisciplinary cluster system at Oakton Community College (Illinois) after five years. Reviews effects on students, faculty, administrators, and curriculum. (RT)

An interdisciplinary course taught by a team of biology and social studies teachers in high school motivated students to work on various scientific and social problems. The course and the student's projects attracted considerable public attention and support. (PS)

An interdisciplinary team-teaching approach was used in the actual ward setting to improve meal-time practices in a large state institution. (PT)

Discusses a team teaching approach integrating academic and vocational educational concepts. (SB)

Article describes in detail use of individualized self-paced learning packages" to improve reading, writing and other skills. Packages include pretest, progress self-test and posttest. Program involves team-teaching and much inter-disciplinary action, with considerable flexbility in scheduling and classroom setting. (PD)

Discusses briefly a practical interdisciplinary educational program which would offer the patient early and continued treatment. The program involves improved and uniform treatment requiring the training and coordination of all deliverers of health care in the community, with the major responsibility resting with professional personnel.…

Describes the development of humanities electives for occupational programs at Bristol Community College. Discusses course objectives, funding sources, the team-taught interdisciplinary approach, and benefits for students and teachers, e.g., increasing the relevance of literary works, offering a broad approach to the humanities, and promoting…

Using wilderness themes from such diverse authors as Henry Thoreau, Joseph Wood Krutch, and Kurt Vonnegut, and the train-as-technology metaphor from Ray Bradbury and Robert Frost, the author describes a unique team-teaching curriculum that interweaves the literary and laboratory aspects of environmental concerns. (Editor)

Describes an interdisciplinary, team-taught Western Civilization course offered in two quarters at Greenville Technical College, North Carolina. Focuses on the content and format of the course, the use of Friday field trip labs, and student and faculty reactions. (AYC)

The law schools' traditional three-year program of "generalist" training is being criticized as being either too lengthy or inefficient in preparing students for specialized practice. It is argued that student specialization in the general degree program can bring about both curriculum reform and increased collaborative activity among…

Describes a college-level introductory integrated science course for non-science majors, called "The Natural World: Explorations in Science," that was laboratory-based, exploratory, and writing intensive, and that was team taught by four teachers from different fields. Discusses elements that make such interdisciplinary teaching possible and the…

Students benefit when educators personalize a high school by developing a sense of community. A Puerto Rico international school employed middle-level concepts (interdisciplinary teams and advisory programs) to build community. Community-minded educators develop a definition unique to their school, know the characteristics of effective…

In 1973, the founding administrator of a Long Island high school proposed adoption of a student advisory system, team teaching in the humanities, and no academic department chairs. Convinced that having chairs diminished teachers' stature, this principal successfully encouraged teachers to work together to develop curriculum, prepare budgets, hire…