Addresses effects of the (UK) Education Reform Act of 1988 on three linked components of outdoor education: outdoor pursuits, outdoor studies, and residential experience. Argues that curriculum changes completely fragment the cross-curricular value of outdoor education and fundamentally undermine the role of perhaps the most significant process of…

The Reading Assistance Tutorial (R.A.T.) Pack is a systematic, multidisciplinary remedial reading program incorporating listening, speaking, seeing, writing, thinking, and comprehension skills. The sequenced activities demand a high percentage of on-task behavior and train phonological processing strategies and functional language use. Research…

Step-by-step instructions for bringing the French minitel telecommunications system into the language classroom as part of a larger telecommunications center project are outlined. Information sources for such a project, budget, timeline, a classroom lesson sample integrating French and science, and a list of useful addresses are provided. (MSE)

The study of liberal arts and sciences and teacher training have drifted apart, reinforcing polarities between theory and practice, intellect and action, collaboration and competition. Brooklyn College (New York) has reorganized its curriculum to bring them back together. Students write and reexamine autobiographical accounts of their own…

Identifies the forces responsible for the shift in writing instruction from product-oriented to process-oriented approaches. Briefly discusses the beginnings of writing across the curriculum at Carlton College and considers the suitability of this approach to community colleges. (DMM)

Describes the relationship and interdependence of environmental education and economic and industrial themes. Explores the need for these themes to be linked when introduced into school curricula and the extent to which this is happening within the National Curriculum of England and Wales. Suggests ways to enhance this integrated approach. (22…

Discusses ways to achieve science-technology-society (STS) goals in education, focusing on various technology educators' perspectives on and approaches to STS (understanding the STS relationship, recognizing limitations and usefulness, appreciating intellectual stimuli, understanding applications and decisions, and gaining knowledge and…

Ecology education requires an interdisciplinary, holistic approach. Several state agencies collaborated with University of Rhode Island to implement a statewide ecology teacher training program for fifth through eighth grade teachers. A series of four workshops provided cognitive information and strategies for integrating a holistic ecology…

A clinical geriatric pharmacy clerkship containing three separate practice areas (long-term, acute, and ambulatory care) is described. The program follows the medical education clerkship protocol, with a clinical pharmacy specialist, pharmacy practice resident, and student. Participation in medical rounds, interdisciplinary conferences, and…

Contends that school budgetary problems require careful purchase of social studies curriculum materials that can be used in creative ways to make connections with mathematics, science, language arts, and the fine arts. Reviews the three programs that provide worthwhile and motivating classroom experiences. (CFR)

Asserts that the relationship between artists and their audiences is subject to a high degree of third-party intervention. Contends that art educators must adjust to the values and interests of the education establishment and the arts community. Discusses origin and impact of the Philadelphia Resolution. (CFR)

This article describes the development and implementation of two interdisciplinary preservice programs (at Appalachian State University, North Carolina, and Western Kentucky University) that have combined standards from early childhood and early childhood special education. Both programs cover infants and children (birth to five). Benefits to such…

Presents abstracts of 34 special interest group (SIG) sessions. Highlights include humanities scholars and electronic texts; information retrieval and indexing systems design; automated indexing; domain analysis; query expansion in document retrieval systems; thesauri; business intelligence; Americans with Disabilities Act; management;…

Australia's Cooperative Research Centres Program, a system of 52 research and development (R&D) units, links researchers from public and private sectors, helping industry and scientific community coordinate research efforts. The program represents 6% of the national R&D effort and spans six major R&D and industry sectors. (MSE)

Asserts that the use of instructional media has been a hallmark attempt to enliven social studies teaching. Maintains that little attention has been paid to the integration of music and song into the social studies curriculum. Presents a list of music resources that can be used to teach location and other geographic concepts. (CFR)