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Direct linkRaffe, David; Howieson, Cathy; Tinklin, Teresa – British Educational Research Journal, 2007
There is a cross-national trend towards unified curriculum and qualifications frameworks in upper secondary education, but such reforms face epistemological, political and institutional barriers and "unification" remains a contested issue in many countries, including England. This article examines the experience of the Scottish Higher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Interdisciplinary Approach, Unified Studies Curriculum
Download full textGreeley, Warren; And Others – 1975
This summary covers the experiences of the staff of the Unified Studies Program at Boston State College from September 1973 through August 1975. Included is: (1) the planning phase, (2) team building, (3) staff, (4) administrative support, (5) potential students, (6) compromises, (7) funding, (8) use of the learning contracts, () contract hours,…
Descriptors: Expenditures, Faculty, Financial Support, Higher Education
Boston State Coll., MA. – 1975
After a two-week introductory period, participants in the Unified Studies Program at Boston State College will engage in a study of eight important institutions chosen by students at a planning session in November. Each institution will be dealt with for one full week. After the spring vacation, small groups (4 or 5 people) will engage in…
Descriptors: Biographical Inventories, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Guides, Higher Education
Griffin, Nancy C. – 1976
This publication reports the results of a field study of middle school students using a unified science program, Interrelated Explorations in Science (IES). IES emphasizes the ideas, processes, and values common to all of science and utilizes independent study, gaming, dramatization, and values clarification activities to motivate students to…
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Research, Elementary School Science, Field Studies
Boston State Coll., MA. – 1974
The Unified Studies Program began at Boston State College in September of 1974. Its model is based on team-teaching, learning contracts, small interdisciplinary seminars, and other open-classroom and unified educational learning/teaching techniques. Boston State College had been compelled to shift its academic assumptions because of financial…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Educational Change, Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
Greeley, Warren; And Others – 1974
The Evergreen State College seems to be working well as a nontraditional college committed to educational change and innovation. It provides a model for interdisciplinary education, developing basic cognitive skills and drawing all disciplines in probing specific problems. The necessary ingredients for a stimulating learning environment based on…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Educational Innovation, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
