An interdisciplinary focus in environmental education is provided by a list of 112 concepts appropriate for environmental education produced by scholars from 40 professional areas and 12 United States ecological regions. A model for environmental education is presented which is based on four categories synthesized from the concepts. (JP)

The University of California, Irvine University Affiliated Program has developed a model for prevention of developmental disabilities which is interdisciplinary, promotes reasoned cooperative efforts, and provides a basis for evaluation and research. The model is composed of five major and functional approaches to prevention with a central core…

A speech language pathologist retraces her professional development in relation to the field's philosophical changes from "speech therapist" to "communication instructor" with a concomitant change from a medical (or clinical) model to an educational model stressing collaboration with other educators. (Author/DB)

Argues that poststructuralism and communication theory are incompatible, yet because poststructuralism denies the possibility of communication, it depends on communication theory for its very existence. Also argues that these two bodies of theory are competing for meaning and that communication is important ground on which the contest will take…

A coordinated home and school planning process via a transdisciplinary model is designed to serve severely/profoundly handicapped students in functional curriculum areas. Planning begins with identification of needs, constraints, and resources, and formulation of student objectives. (CL)

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)

Briefly considers four levels of intellectual integration and synthesis of knowledge and then, based on the fourth level, presents a model of faculty development in which an interdisciplinary team is granted release time to address a common intellectual goal. Presents factors influencing teacher participation in and benefits from interdisciplinary…

Highlights an example of cross-discipline collaboration in an academic library and describes a collaborative approach to managing electronic resources that is used at York University (Canada). Explains a model in which a science librarian and a humanities/social science librarian work together to manage electronic resources. (Author/LRW)

Explores different management models for developing interdisciplinary activities and the decisions that facilitate successful establishment and maintenance of environmental education courses and programs in universities. (MDH)

This primary health care model is based on four assumptions: emphasis on collective, not individual, needs; coordination of preventive/episodic care with secondary/tertiary care; comprehensive, holistic approach; and partnership and equality among professional disciplines and community members. Stakeholders involved are medical, nursing, and…

A survey of interdisciplinary educational activities received replies from 11 occupational therapy and 9 physiotherapy programs in Canada. Results indicate that interdisciplinary activities are encouraged and may expand. A model to guide the experiences would be useful. (JOW)

A recent development by neuroscience is neuroimaging, a method of looking into the "black box" of the brain while people are feeling, doing, and thinking in real time. The first fMRI study of bereavement has recently been published, and the present article summarizes it in non-specialist language, focusing on its theoretical and clinical…

In preparation for the 2008 Scholarly Communications Institute (SCI 6) focused on humanities research centers, the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) commissioned a survey of digital humanities centers (DHCs). The immediate goals of the survey were to identify the extent of these centers and to explore their financing,…

This is a unique and groundbreaking collection of questions and answers coming from higher education institutions on diverse fields and across a wide spectrum of countries and cultures. It creates routes for further innovation, collaboration amidst the Sciences (both Natural and Social), the Humanities, and the private and public sectors of…

The Psychovocational model, which features a multidisciplinary team approach to composite, ecological testing in planning appropriate career/vocational goals for handicapped students, is described. The model incorporates reevaluation of each teenaged handicapped student in five areas: (1) intelligence, (2) achievement, (3) social-emotional…