Social studies and foreign language educators are taking tentative steps on the national, state, and local levels toward integration of the fields in curriculum and cooperative efforts. Opportunities for further efforts include joint planning in some areas of study, class exchanges, joint classes, fairs and festivals, and student projects. (MSE)

An area of concentration entitled Electronics and Instrumentation introduces science students to microcomputer applications in all science disciplines. The success of the program is attributed in part to the interdisciplinary nature of the school as a whole. (MSE)

Mineralogy has become increasingly linked to chemistry and physics during recent years. This relationship between chemistry, physics, and mineralogy, as indicated by the content of conference papers, research studies, and physical/chemical laboratory procedures used in mineralogy, is reviewed. Creative applications of established mineralogic…

Describes a multidisciplinary project/experiment in which undergraduate students repaired a nonfunctional Helium-Neon laser. Includes experimental procedures used and results. (JN)

Asserts that freshman English should prepare students to work in other academic disciplines as well. Proposes teaching critical ("rhetorical") reading to both students and English teaching assistants as a utilitarian means of meeting the humanistic ends of all inquiry. (JL)

Suggests curricular guidelines for fostering integrative thinking in environmental problem solving. The most effective method is to include an increasing number of carefully-graded, problem-solving exercises which progressively cut across specializations. Four thinking styles are discussed. (Author/WB)

Advocates the addition of interdisciplinary humanities courses to the Canadian junior high school curriculum. The primary objective would be to increase student capacity to synthesize connections between diverse facts and ideas. (AM)

A survey to determine the extent to which interdisciplinary health team concepts are being taught as part of the undergraduate curriculum in U.S. and Canadian medical schools is reported. Although the total number of reported programs is small, 53 percent of them were required for all students. (Author/MLW)

The 1980 Morley Olympics at May Morley Elementary School is an example of a successful special event in which sport served as the launching pad for an interdisciplinary educational experience. Teachers developed special classroom activities featuring the Olympic Games. Students registered as competitors from several countries. (JN)

This teaching unit contains background information on the history of oil use and technology, suggestions for classroom activities, and a list of resources and references for elementary and secondary grades. Reproducible masters are provided showing gasoline production and major oil producers and consumers. (FG)

Activities that reinforce social studies instruction and improve writing skills are described, including: (1) writing resumes for historical figures; (2) "on-site" reporting of historical events; (3) defining social studies concepts; (4) perspective taking and letter writing; and (5) speech writing. (CJ)

Two programs are described: the first, the Future Problem Solving Program, is an interdisciplinary approach to studying and solving future problems. The second, Quality Circles, originally a management technique, has been implemented in schools to improve motivation, attendance, learning, and quality of life. (Author/LC)

Describes a three-year training program in family violence that was established at Children's Hospital Medical Center, in Boston, Massachusetts. The program's goals were to link research and clinical practice and to encourage the interchange of perspectives between hospital based practitioners and university based behavioral scientists. (Author/GC)

Argues that composition instruction should not be irreversibly separated from the study of literature in the college English curriculum. (AEA)

The interdisciplinary relevance of moral philosophy and developmental moral psychology to a paramount task of legal education--developing in students the capacity and readiness for ethical reasoning--is explored. The aim is to shape professional education so that professionalism is a fulfillment, not a denial, of students' moral nature. (MSE)