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Kessens, Rosanne – Insights into Open Education, 1983
The process of "webbing" is described as a valuable technique for organizing teaching activities around a theme. Two examples are illustrated using the broad topics of "change" and "fall." Suggestions are made for carrying out the fall theme by taking children on outdoor walks for the purpose of observing, examining,…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Elementary Education, Integrated Activities, Interdisciplinary Approach
Martinello, Marian L.; Cook, Gillian E. – NASSP Curriculum Report, 1992
This report discusses some of the characteristics and benefits of an interdisciplinary curriculum, as well as practical considerations involving the introduction of such a curriculum in elementary and secondary schools. To successfully introduce an interdisciplinary curriculum, teachers and administrators need to: (1) integrate the curriculum; (2)…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
Cutcliffe, Stephen H., Ed. – 1986
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…
Descriptors: College Science, Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Literature
Hiatt, Evelyn Levsky, Ed.; Covington, Jeanette, Ed. – Update on Gifted Education, 1991
This document is a "theme" issue of a quarterly serial publication. It focuses on curriculum development for gifted students. A list of 13 principles of a differentiated curriculum for gifted/talented students precedes the articles. The first article, "Developing Curriculum for Gifted/Talented" by Jim Coffey, offers a philosophical rationale for a…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education
Karolides, Nicholas J., Ed. – Wisconsin English Journal, 1982
The articles in this journal issue present four methods for developing units in expository and creative writing instruction. The titles of the articles and their authors are as follows: (1) "A Writing Unit: Ten or Twenty Kids on Their 10-Speeds" (Joyce S. Steward); (2) "Great Painting, Great Writing" (Keith F. Voos); (3) "Building a Character:…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Characterization, Creative Writing, Curriculum Development
Dallas, Susan, Ed. – 1982
Interdisciplinary studies are examined in this paper with respect to common teaching modes, advantages and disadvantages, courses integrating humanities instruction into occupational programs, and specific programs operating at six urban multi-campus community college districts. After an introduction to the rationale behind interdisciplinary…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
Update on Gifted Education, 1992
This theme issue covers "High School Programming" and approaches to meeting the needs of gifted high school students in Texas. The first article is "Thematic Interdisciplinary Curricula for Secondary Gifted Students in English and Social Studies" (Joel E. McIntosh and April W. Meacham). This approach is contrasted with the…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Curriculum Development, Delivery Systems, Dual Enrollment
Shoemaker, Betty Jean Eklund – OSSC Bulletin, 1989
There is increasing interest in integrated studies or the integrated curriculum at all levels of schooling. Integrated approaches reveal wide differences in interpretation of what integration actually means and how it can be accomplished within the school setting. Chapter 1 discusses the various meanings of integration and some approaches taken to…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
BCATA Journal for Art Teachers, 1991
These articles focus on art as a component of interdisciplinary integration. (1) "Integrated Curriculum and the Visual Arts" (Anna Kindler) considers various aspects of integration and implications for art education. (2) "Integration: The New Literacy" (Tim Varro) illustrates how the use of technology can facilitate…
Descriptors: Art Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Fine Arts, Foreign Countries
Swartz, Eileen, Ed. – Communicator, 1991
The 12 articles presented in this issue of a journal on giftedness in school-age children focus on interdisciplinary thematic instruction for gifted students. "Untangling the Web of Interdisciplinary Instruction" (Susan L. Beibelman and Sandy Hall-Chiles) explains the use of a curriculum webbing model to provide structure. "Interdisciplinary…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Classroom Techniques, Concept Formation, Curriculum Development
Smigielski, Alan; Casey, Douglas, Ed. – Art to Zoo: Teaching with the Power of Objects, 1996
The office of the presidency and the informal process of electing the president are the themes of this issue of "Art to Zoo," a quarterly journal designed for use with students in grades 4-9. The interdisciplinary activities provided encourage students to consider the powers of the presidency as well as the informal methods that have evolved to…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Elections, Elementary Secondary Education, Geography
Update on Gifted Education, 1991
This document is the first volume of a projected quarterly publication designed to assure that the most current information, both on the latest research and on successful practices in the field of gifted education is made available to schools as quickly and efficiently as possible. The four issues of this volume contain the following articles:…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Bilingual Students, Curriculum Development, Diversity (Student)
Campbell, Leon G.; And Others – 1975
This document describes a university course designed to provide an historical understanding of Latin America through feature films. The booklet contains an introductory essay on the teaching of a film course on Latin America, a general discussion of strengths and weaknesses of student analyses of films, and nine analyses written by students during…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Audiovisual Communications, Course Descriptions, Course Evaluation
Communicator, 1991
All five issues of volume 21 of the "Communicator," a journal concerned with giftedness in school-age children, are collected in this document. Major articles (and their authors) include the following: "Technology and Change: From the Renaissance World to Microworlds" (Gail Marshall); "Computers and Creativity: Tools,…
Descriptors: American Indians, Art Education, Career Education, Computer Uses in Education
California Univ., Riverside. Latin American Studies Program. – 1977
This paper describes a university course designed to examine the use of film as a revolutionary medium in Latin American countries. Objectives of the course were to illustrate the complexity of studying a film genre, develop an analytical framework for comparing revolutionary films, and encourage students to reach their own conclusions about the…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Audiovisual Communications, Course Descriptions, Course Evaluation