Describes a project that uses essays to supplement or supplant the traditional methods of teaching science at the high school level. Presents two examples of essays used, the rationale for using them, and suggestions for implementing this project in the high school science classroom. (JRH)

The first four years of a summer faculty development program were evaluated through participant surveys, quarterly trainee logs, and reports of participant projects. The program received consistently high ratings; number of courses with gerontology/geriatrics content increased; and trainees went on to train peers, students, and laypersons. (SK)

Presents cross-curricular strands aimed at gearing science toward students whose interest does not lay in the research aspect of the subject while still maintaining the project format established as an essential part of the physics class. (MKR)

Argues for the participation of theater programs in the development of a gay and lesbian curriculum. Predicts that gay and lesbian studies will soon take its place alongside existing cross-disciplinary programs in women's, African American, Native American, and other area studies. Presents examples of how to introduce gay studies into theater…

Emerging technologies, declining technology teacher education programs, and the evolution of engineering into multidisciplinary areas suggest that engineering and engineering technology might serve the needs of public schools better than technology education. The concept of technology could shift from a discrete curriculum to an integral component…

Technological knowledge is not a type of formal knowledge similar to academic disciplines. It draws on formal knowledge but consists of descriptive, prescriptive, and tacit knowledge. Technological knowledge provides a way to integrate learning with purposeful activity. (SK)

A review of recent trends in multidisciplinarity shows some ambivalence about efforts to integrate gerontology education in higher education. Gerontology instruction is in danger of becoming fragmented and specialized. (SK)

Describes Generation, geriatric clinic program for one company's retirees and dependents. Describes program's multidisciplinary team approach to health and psychosocial assessment, medication review, retiree advisors, health promotion programs, and case management services. Notes that, in addition to traditional medical care, participants receive…

Argues that drama should be taught more often in high school English and literature classes. Describes how drama can generate a lively intellectual life at a school by stimulating interdisciplinary cooperation. (PRA)

Describes the interdisciplinary and psychological links between the sciences and specific fields of the humanities, including history, literature, and theology and the role of imagination in science. (PAM)

This paper describes the Revised Arena Format (RAF) and recommends its use in conducting multidisciplinary evaluations of young children suspected of developmental delays. The RAF appears to offer significant advantages in terms of behavior management, timeliness, and thoroughness. (Author/JDD)

Interdisciplinary teams are loosely coupled (systems in which elements are weakly, infrequently, or informally linked). Applying loosely coupled systems theory to team training increases its effectiveness, because learning activities may be disjointed and learning goals may diverge. (SK)

Argues that if rhetoricians do not work to articulate rich techniques for invention in the education of technical writers, they inadvertently reinforce the myth of the technical writer as born scribe. Suggests that to articulate those techniques, rhetoricians must recognize and examine the expertise they have in interdisciplinary collaboration.…

Suggests that the growing interest in integrating the arts across the curriculum requires a change in the concept of cognition in the arts that is currently dominant, the "symbol systems" approach. Describes the "symbol systems" approach, its strengths, and its weaknesses. Suggests ways that art educators must change their…

Provides an example of interdisciplinary integration by identifying a variety of concepts that span disciplines based on a high school photography course. (JOW)