This creative volume demonstrates the urgent importance of engaging students cognitively and affectively with the climate crisis and environmental education, underpinning the vital role the language arts play in expanding this engagement for a better future. Moving beyond the basic modalities of English, chapters written by an internationally…

Emphasizes that the philosophy of psychology (which deals with issues such as the role of theories and the conflict between mechanistic and purposivistic explanations of behavior) is too often emphasized in college-level psychology courses. Presents rationale and suggests methods for teaching such a course. (DB)

Explores the need for a philosophical foundation for environmental education. Considers two overriding ingredients: the need to avoid indoctrination and to concentrate on development of attitudes and acquisition of knowledge; and the need to offer positive, optimistic, and realistic views on environmental topics. (Author/BC)

Describes a university course which teaches the history of fascism and nazism through interdisciplinary methods: philosophy, film, literature, and art. Visiting lecturers include survivors of concentration camps. (KC)

Describes a simulation game strategy that is used in an interdisciplinary course that focuses on the relationships between values and technology. Outlines the game's objectives, content focus, and procedural elements. Discusses the merits of this type of approach in assisting in the development of a personal philosophy toward technology. (ML)

Offers a model of scientific thought based on the multidisciplinary integration of the sciences. Stresses the importance of constructions/deconstructions of meanings, codifications/decodifications of symbols, and structurations/destructurations of conceptual operations in the development of scientific thought and in the modification of human…

Discusses an interdisciplinary course on the psychology and philosophy of William James. Describes course organization and goals. Explains that the course includes sections on James' life and personal characteristics, his psychological and philosophical works, and specific psychological and philosophical topics that he addressed. Assesses…

A college level introductory psychology course taught in conjunction with introductory biology and philosophy is described. This triad arrangement allows for an interdisciplinary treatment of various issues without diluting the presentation of content specific to the individual disciplines. Information on evaluation of the course is also…

Discusses the notion of a musician's workstation and a curriculum for teaching musicians about the use of computers in music. Explains that the curriculum includes elements of physics and psychoacoustics, recording arts and sciences, the philosophy of technology and the musical arts, analog and digital electronic music, ergonomics, and computer…

Designed to help foster new research and facilitate a wider dissemination of research and ideas, this fifth volume in an ongoing series of working papers explores selected themes on the relationship between technology and literature. Three papers are presented which represent a sampling of the themes that could be pursued through literature in a…

Indicates how the philosophic technique known as "thought experimentation" can be used profitably by composition teachers. Provides two examples. (EL)

The idea of order in geometry is explored using the experience of assignments given to undergraduates in a college geometry course "From Space to Geometry." Discussed are the definition of geometry, and earth measurement using architecture, art, and common experience. This discussion concludes with a consideration of the question of whether…

This teacher's guide was developed for the first of four courses in Valencia Community College's Interdisciplinary Studies Program, a 2-year core general education curriculum which chronologically examines the major developments in the evolution of human knowledge. The guide provides an introductory overview of the semester's topic (i.e., the…

Perspectives on the need for retailoring science education so that college graduates will be better prepared to make decisions about scientific, technological priorities and personal career options are presented in this paper. The values and problems associated with an interdisciplinary approach to science education are discussed and a new…

This curriculum guide for secondary-level gifted students presents curriculum alternatives which are interdisciplinary and which emphasize a comprehensive study of major content areas through the humanities. The curriculum demands from the student complex learning, critical thinking, in-depth inquiry, creativity, and active participation. The…