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Taylor, Julie Anne – History Teacher, 2008
Established in 1880, the University Musical Society (U.M.S.) in Ann Arbor, Michigan is one of the most innovative venues for music and the performing arts in the United States. Each season, it offers performances by renowned American and international artists. Through the society's youth education program, performers entertain and educate…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Lesson Plans, Instructional Materials, Preservice Teachers
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Quinn, Robert D. – Kappa Delta Pi Record, 2006
In this paper, the author describes a partnership between the preservice elementary education students and preservice art education majors at a local university in Georgia. The goal of this partnership was to implement an interdisciplinary curriculum in the general classrooms of nearby Boulevard Elementary School. The educational objectives of the…
Descriptors: Intellectual Experience, Thinking Skills, Art Education, Teaching Methods
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Wilburne, Jane Murphy; Napoli, Mary – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2007
This article describes a mathematics and literature interdisciplinary project for preservice elementary teachers that was implemented in several urban middle school classrooms. This project, based on the novel Chasing Vermeer by Balliett (2004), involved a dramatization of one of the chapters from the book and a follow-up mathematical exploration.
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Middle Schools, Urban Schools, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Gallavan, Nancy P.; Knowles-Yanez, Kim – Journal of Geography, 2004
Most preservice teachers complete their social science requirements in isolation from their social studies methods course. This paper reports the unique co-mingling of one interdisciplinary social science course (emphasizing geographic and environmental education) with the social studies methods for a cohort of undergraduate preservice teachers.…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Social Sciences, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Environmental Education