This article suggests a reorganization of existing school curricula to include a major place for study of the environment and its problems. A Theoretical environmental model is given which incorporates many existing disciplines into a common body of knowledge. It focuses on environmental concerns through a problem solving approach. (LS)

This handbook contains model lessons on consumer education for use with intermediate, junior high, and high school students. The handbook was developed as a result of a grant which the Social Science Education Consortium received to conduct three consumer education workshops for approximately 100 Colorado teachers and school administrators. Many…

Characteristics of the change process are described and the importance of improving understanding of the process of change is indicated. A summary of some relevant literature on the diffusion of innovation draws from studies in rural sociology, cultural anthropology, industry, education, and psychology. In addition, two premodels of change are…

Although the techniques of simulations and systems analysis are often abused, they can provide a useful framework for rural development research. However since system simulation models can generate what appears to be precise data, it is well to remember that results are merely projections of what would be expected to occur if all the conditions of…

Examines geriatric health teams, discussing four dimensions of models for professional functioning (logic of assessment, focus of efforts, locus of responsibility, and pace of action) and three dimensions of models for team functioning (focus of attention, decision-making style, and beliefs about interprofessional dependence). (Author/NB)

A preservice teaming model using recreation as a curriculum vehicle for developing interdisciplinary skills in special needs students is described. Program strengths, including parent involvement and opportunities for student feedback, are noted along with replication considerations. (CL)

A plea to widen the student's perspective within the sphere of methodological and epistemological concerns through philosophy. (Editor)

Successful interdisciplinary research performance, it is suggested, depends on such structural and process factors as leadership, team characteristics, study bounding, iteration, communication patterns, and epistemological factors. Appropriate frameworks for socially organizing the development of knowledge such as common group learning, modeling,…

The application of the multiple talent model in special programs for the gifted is discussed in the context of a comprehensive program model as defined by J. Renzulli's triad model. (Author)

The author traces some of the current trends in career education for the learning disabled and presents a model for providing career education to secondary learning disabled students. (SBH)

Examines the concept of interdisciplinary team teaching and poses some questions which should help answer the question in the title. (Editor/RK)

This article offers a developmental ecological approach as a useful model for addressing the complexities of emotional disturbances in children. It sees the systems of care movement in children's mental health as congruent with the developmental ecological perspective and as providing a mechanism for responding to the multidimensional aspects of…

Reports the findings of the Phase 1 of "Project 2061: Science for All Americans," which is an effort to establish a conceptual base for educational reform by spelling out the knowledge, skills, and attitudes students should acquire from preschool through high school. Topics which should be included under the concept of information are identified…

This article discusses the Liaison Infant Family Team (LIFT) project, which employs an ecological approach to intervention promoting congruent relationships among high-risk infants and their families. The guiding principles of the approach are described and evaluated by means of a case study methodology. (Author/DB)

The article presents a model of problem solving in supervisory interactions in public school speech-language-hearing programs. Specific principles of supervision and related recommendations for collaborative problem solving are discussed, as are continued professional growth of both supervisees and supervisors, interdisciplinary team functioning,…