Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics or STEM is one of the important innovations currently implemented in Philippine education. This is in recognition of the importance of STEM education for the development of learner. This study focuses on how to plan a STEM curriculum for young children. It aims to present the result of a study…

Students with moderate to severe disabilities benefit most when interdisciplinary teams collaborate to deliver individualized instruction, supports and services. This research study seeks to capture a description of education specialists' collaborative experiences working with interdisciplinary teams composed of speech language pathologists,…

In a climate of high stakes testing in education in America physical education is an oft-overlooked content area. As physical educators, however, we know the value that we have in the educational lives of our students. Instruction in our content area is engaging and immediately applicable to the "real world." The skills and concepts that…

Arguing that the 21st century context for design is significantly different from the previous century, a set of structural suggestions are posed that can leverage change. Administrative arrangements are questioned along with the lack of clear differentiation or performance expectation among design degrees. While widespread, confusing and…

Presents a declaration for an interdisciplinary approach to environmental education signed by the editors of seven national education journals. (BR)

Presented is the third in a series of addresses given by Professor Matthews of the Nuffield Project to the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers Conference in May, 1972. He reviews the changes that have occurred in mathematics education throughout Britain over the last several decades. (JP)

This volume is a collection of position papers, each of which develops an intellectual framework for teaching a particular subject-matter discipline within an environmental context. The subject matter areas included are political science, health education, language or communication arts, art, science, mathematics, and social studies. (DT)

Teaching science via a socio-historical approach utilizing selected concepts related to the social and historical development of science and selected concepts related to atomic energy was found to be feasible. (Author/CP)

The project described in this publication took place during the 1974-75 school year in an elementary school (K-4) in Berkeley, California. The purpose of the project was to integrate the school yard into the daily classroom activities of the children and the staff. Included in the publication are: (1) a description of the environmental yard, (2)…

Presented is a literature review of research in engineering education. The major national studies of the twentieth centry are reviewed. The focus of current research is examined. Present research into four areas (students, faculty, curriculum and instruction, and systems) is classified. The importance of engineering educators utilizing research is…

Describes an interdisciplinary kinesiology course which incorporated a minicourse on the physics of sports. Outlines the topics treated in the minicourse and reports findings of student gains in both the affective and cognitive domains. (GS)

The model is presented in five sections: (1) orientation; (2) content specifications; (3) curriculum management specifications; (4) implementation model; and (5) content sourcebook. These sections are intended to characterize and integrate the systems complex of energy/environmental education and teacher training. They are intended as orienting…

Describes a college utilizing interdisciplinary studies and off-campus learning experiences to unite the classroom and reality and thus acknowledge the social significance of science. (LS)