Kathleen deMarrais, professor in the Department of Lifelong Education, Administration and Policy at the University of Georgia, was honored to be invited to contribute to this special issue of "Critical Questions in Education." deMarrais addressed college/university deans to review the role of social foundations in teacher education and…

Bloom and Webinger (2011), written by two professors from John Carroll University in the USA who are involved in teaching accounting, discusses an attempt at embedding relevant lessons from the recent global financial crisis (GFC) into an undergraduate accounting curriculum. It suggests that accounting courses infused with such a treatment would…

This paper examines issues that K-12 science and social studies teachers need to keep in mind when teaching about nuclear power. The information needs to be presented in as objective a manner as possible. Science needs to become more social oriented. Team teaching should be encouraged. Elementary and secondary inservice teacher education is…

This essay focuses on a 4th year course, titled "Search/Research/Resolution," that the author has developed at the Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD), Toronto. First taught in 2002, the course is held over a fourteen week semester each fall, with one three hour class per week. It is offered within the photography area at OCAD in…

The undergraduate course in agricultural ethics has been under development at Texas A&M University for four years. The course that has evolved is the result of discussion between the philosophy and agriculture departments. The course attempts to incorporate basic economic principles that affect agriculture as well as to tie these principles to…

In this essay, the authors argue that linked-course learning communities serve students at nonresidential metropolitan public universities by increasing their academic achievement, reducing their attrition, and engaging them in the project of public education. They use a winter 2004 research project to argue that linked courses create supportive…

Offers suggestions for an interdisciplinary approach to the promotion of business education courses and for the design of courses which will appeal to business and nonbusiness students. (JOW)

The history and decline of an undergraduate interdisciplinary course on contemporary Britain at the University of Sussex are described. It is suggested that interdisciplinary courses require higher investment of resources and commitment to survive, and structural constraints and features are of continuing concern to their proponents. (MSE)

A discussion of liberal studies in the pharmacy curriculum argues that integration throughout the baccalaureate program is needed, and teaching methods and goals, not course content, are primary factors in building coherent curriculum. Strategies used at Albany College of Pharmacy to avoid separation of the curricula are offered as illustration.…

A model of essential actions influencing extension agents' participation in a program identified four primary motivating factors: (1) clarity of program participation; (2) availability of resources; (3) freedom of choice; and (4) relevance to job description or work plan. (SK)

Science controversy has the potential to reinforce students' understanding of important biological concepts as well as helping students forge connections between concepts they may have previously seen disparate. Science controversy has the potential to help students make cross-disciplinary connections and therefore it should become an integral…

It is argued in this paper that the interdisciplinary course provides a setting for viewing the ordered relationships that exist among disciplines. The necessity of this approach is pointed out as it reflects the need for a highly disarticulated curriculum to address and find solutions to the complex problems facing the world community. A…

Emphasizes that the theme of safety should be built into each outdoor education course as a thread tying all the skills together. Examines the make-up of the Red Cross Basic Canoeing course as a model to illustrate this point. (NEC)

Curricular and extracurricular strategies are suggested for achieving a valuable interdisciplinary framework for Black student programs. Innovation, eclecticism, and creativity are cited as advantages of the interdisciplinary approach. (Author/MC)

Sustainable agriculture is a multidisciplinary approach to food and fiber problems. Its inclusion in the secondary curriculum would enrich and align it with social concerns. Research is needed in the scholarship functions of discovery, integrative approaches, and teaching. (SK)