A seminar designed and conducted for foreign and American students entitled, "A Transcultural Seminar on Tradition and Change, on Values in the Twentieth Century," is described as an opportunity to relate individual experience and education to the contemporary scene. The seminar met during the academic year 1966-67 at bi-monthly meetings of 25…

Presented in the proceedings of the 44th meeting (1972) of the conference of executives of American Schools for the Deaf are the program schedule, papers, presentations, and committee reports. Given are addresses such as a welcome and a response on behalf of Canadian schools. Papers included focus on preparatory programs for deaf students in…

The guide outlines a two to six week course of study on Armenian history and culture for secondary level students. The unit will help students develop an understanding of the following: culture of the American citizens of Armenian origin; key events and major trends in Armenian history; Armenian architecture, folklore, literature and music as…

Fourteen science fiction stories are collected and arranged under the themes, MarsAmerica, Progress, Machine, Society, and Weapons. These stories make statements about the present as well as the future and allow students to confront that future before it overtakes them. The purpose of the anthology is to prepare students for the different…

This guide, one component of the Resource Recovery Education Kit (See SO 007 866 for a description), contains ideas and activities for teaching about solid waste disposal in secondary level industrial arts classes. Among the course objectives are the following: (1) to understand that litter represents a small but highly visible portion of our…

This resource unit on the study of Europe at the sixth grade level focuses on European culture as seen through five major strands from the social sciences: anthropology-sociology, history, geography, economics, and political science. Among objectives which the student is to achieve are the following: 1) identify on a map major European regions,…

The English teacher's guide provides learning activities for students enrolled in an interdisciplinary Business Careers course. The purpose is to provide students with an opportunity to acquire a realistic understanding of the training needed to prepare for careers in business and to become aware of their own interests and abilities as a means of…

This unit on natural resources is one in a series of three prepared for use in the classroom. An interdisciplinary approach encompassing mathematics, science, and social studies is utilized in these environmental units. This material is designed for middle grades and above. Many of the activities are open-ended with each activity in this unit…

One hundred and fifty papers deal with the current range of concerns in the emergent field of environmental design research and emphasize the relating of research to practice. The papers focus on (1) original research in the social and behavioral sciences with direct relevance to environmental design, planning, and management; and (2) new methods…

This is a teacher's guide for a seventh grade social studies course designed to help students better understand themselves by examining the physical aspects and the social systems of the world. Background information, objectives, and a course outline are provided in the introduction. For each unit of the course there is an introduction and…

Problems of an interdisciplinary program in university environments where traditional departments have top-billing are the focus of this paper. General conditions that exert a drag and positive factors facilitating the development and implementation of an interdisciplinary international studies program are outlined. The status of undergraduate…

The author outlines an introductory undergraduate course in Indian Studies constructed on the configuration of a social science cluster built around a central disciplinary core of political science. The objective of the course is to build an understanding of contemporary India. As a matter of convenience and organization the course is divided into…

The purpose of this guideline is to furnish an explanation and example of how one university faced the changing concept of manpower. Traditionally, the university has been a leader in technological revolutions in agriculture and science, and now it finds itself with the even more important challenge of change in the development of human resources.…

This interim report covers the first phase of Project CAREER, which is a federally funded exemplary project in vocational education focusing on the career development process for the handicapped. An interdisciplinary career education team for each of three local education agencies (LEA's) was established, composed of a special education teacher, a…

The interdisciplinary career assessment program is an experiment in curriculum revision begun in 1969 at Stamford High School, Stamford, Connecticut, for the purpose of providing instruction relevant to the needs of 86 slow learners and disadvantaged youth. The cluster concept and correlation of classroom materials to occupational assessment and…