This 22-item annotated bibliography examines English-language economics periodicals (newsletters, scholarly journals, letters journals) which began publication during the period 1975 to 1984. Editor of the most recent issue examined, publisher's address, frequency, year of first issue, International Standard Serial Number, where indexed, and brief…

Presents a rationale for interdisciplinary instruction in collaboration at the preservice level and a series of validated instructional and evaluation activities designed to teach collaborative skills systematically throughout preservice programs in the school-based professions. Instructional activities are listed from introductory to advanced…

The article presents a summary of the cognitive difficulties often encountered when a multidisciplinary team attempts to manage children with spina bifida. Suggestions for intervention and program planning are presented. A model for team management incorporating medical, allied health, and psychosocial professionals is presented. (Author/CL)

A college course devoted to radical behaviorism and cognitivism as competing viewpoints is outlined. The course was team taught by a psychologist and a philosopher. Benefits and potential problems are discussed. (Author/RM)

The curriculum director for Salt Lake City's gifted and talented program cites the advantages of using a thematic, interdisciplinary approach developed within the program and having access to administrative assistance in curriculum development. A curriculum map for developing curricula themes and/or processes is included. (CL)

Multidisciplinary education attempts to produce individuals with new capacities to address the problems of an increasingly interconnected world. Although these programs are often exciting, descriptions of optimal design and measures of success are few. Emerging evaluation results from one multidisciplinary graduate training program provide…

This paper explains the structure of the International Organization of Science and Technology Education (IOSTE) and the relevance of science and technology education. To support the environment, education should integrate the environment into the curriculum, and the information should be delivered as a system. Earth Systems Education (ESE) is a…

This document reports on how formative evaluation was used by the National Institute for Science Education (NISE) to achieve its stated goals and to develop an institute from an amorphous group. It was found that formative evaluation should provide ideas, information, models, and language that an emerging interdisciplinary organization can use to…

The use of cybernetics is shown to be a tool for bringing together various scientific fields and the social sciences via logic. Topics are discussed with application to help science teachers employ scientific knowledge and technical tools to build a truly civilized world of abundance.'' (DF)

Author describes an experiment to inter-weave three disciplines-history, sociology, and philosophy-in an extra-mural course on violence and revolution. (Editor/LF)

Describe's an interdisciplinary approach in developing a plan to include computer programming and data processing in the course of instruction. (JS)