Over the past 6 years, the Oral History Project Team has conducted interviews with individuals who have influenced the theory and practice of evaluation. In 2006, Robin Miller, with the help of Christian Coryn of The Evaluation Center at Western Michigan University (WMU), and Daniela Schroeter, also at the Center, sat down with widely regarded…

Proposes that college level ethics instructors and psychological researchers collaborate for the sake of improving ethics courses, evaluating programs, and advancing research. Journal available from The Hastings Center, 360 Broadway, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 10706. (AM)

Three models of evaluation emerge: objective and independent, objective but serving one interest, and pseudo-scientific public relations. Evaluation of an interdisciplinary mental health education program and roles must all be attended to or the weak link undermines the rest. (Author/RL)

Criticizes discipline-based art education (DBAE), as proposed by the Getty Center for Education in the Arts, as being too confining for classroom use. Considers DBAE to be too narrow and limiting for teachers and calls for new interpretations of a more interdisciplinary view of art education. (GEA)

Highlights project activities of the environmental education team at the park service in Warrington (England). Activities include visits to local schools and continuation of research and production of teacher resource materials. (JN)

Presents some different perspectives related to the concerns raised regarding the current state of the business communication discipline. Suggests a plan to enhance the stability of business communication within higher education, one that the author hopes can also make professional lives more fulfilling. Suggests that business educators guard the…

Discusses the problems and benefits arising from a series of faculty workshops and a writing across the curriculum program. (MM)

States that there is much debate over the significance of the Middle Years Program (MYP) in education. Discusses the need for a better understanding of the MYP by faculty and members of the school curriculum. Asserts that, whether the MYP is an approach to learning based on themes or an approach that is subject-based, interaction between…

The concept of treatment integrity cuts across a diversity of fields involved with providing treatments or interventions to individuals. In medical treatments, the concept of "treatment compliance" or "treatment adherence" is an important and problematic issue. In the field of nutrition, the concept of "dietary adherence" is important for…

Discusses eight principles emerging from a 1997 conference on issues facing continuing medical education (CME). The principles reflect the interspecialty and interdisciplinary consensus achieved at the conference. Urges a still more systematic and rigorously analytic approach in which CME content is determined according to assessed needs and…

The importance of evaluation in early childhood interventions of infants and toddlers with developmental disabilities is discussed. Eight questions guiding the evaluation process are presented, focusing on intervention expectations, purposes of intervention, personalization of intervention, and specification of anticipated outcomes, among others.…

The Maryland Collaborative for Teacher Preparation (MCTP) is a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded statewide undergraduate program whose goal is to promote the development of professional teachers who are confident teaching mathematics and science using technology, can make connections between and among the disciplines, and can provide an…

The 1982 position paper of the National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities provides recommendations concerning preparation of professional personnel. Major recommendations include periodic evaluations of training programs and faculty, establishment of interdisciplinary training programs, structuring of practica to enable students to…

Art teachers should create individualized learning programs for their students. Such art programs can assure personalized programs for disabled students and elevate the development of basic skills in art, artistic expression, and art appreciation. (Author/RM)

Interdisciplinary studies attempt to bring together disparate areas such as English, history, and art into a common curriculum which crosses divisional boundaries. An interdisciplinary approach allows colleges to add to its course offerings without the expense of hiring new faculty, attracts new students and retains them at higher rates, provides…