This book seeks to bring to the field of education the critical momentum of interdisciplinary theories and postcolonial art and aesthetics. The book explains that postcolonial art means artistic work engaged in the radical reassessment of center-periphery relations, produced in the crucible of colonization and its aftermath of independence and…

In response to an orienting essay about the scholarship of teaching and learning, scholars from 10 disciplines describe the evolution of a discourse about teaching and learning, the ways in which their discipline's style of discourse influences inquiry into teaching and learning, and the nature and role of intellectual exchange across disciplines…

The impact of modern mathematics and its application in other disciplines is presented from the 20th century historical perspective. In the 1930s to 1970s, mathematics became more inward looking, and the distinction between pure and applied mathematics became much more pronounced. In the 1970s, there was a return to more classical topics but on a…

For more than twenty years, the Richmond, Virginia Public Schools' program for gifted students has conducted an interscholastic competition similar to the nationally known competition, Destination Imagination. In the featured contest of this yearly event, teams of five students present solutions to engineering problems that they have worked on for…

This paper describes the present "state of the art" of the field of "empirical studies of literature" and explains how this state has come about, given the interdisciplinary and international character of the groups involved. This entails looking at the relationships among, for example, the disciplinary and national influences…

This collection examines the experiences of and lessons learned from a variety of institutions that pioneered new approaches for more effective teaching and learning. The selections are: (1) "Dangerous Outposts: Progressive Experiments in Higher Education in the 1920s and 1930s" (Steven R. Coleman); (2) "The Innovative Colleges and Universities of…

Structural engineers and architects are educated completely independently. Although both play a major part in designing and building a nation's infrastructure, they are not encouraged to fully understand the work of each other which can result in a lack of collaboration and co-operation, often to the detriment of a project. This divide between the…

Commonly thought to mean "an essay for school," composition courses in colleges and universities aspire to teach first-year college students to write academic prose. For institutional purposes, composition classes are considered service courses, preparing students to write those kinds of papers they will be asked to write in their major…

Suggestions for British schools considering school exchange programs emphasize integration of studies, personal growth for students, and efficient training for teachers. Schools are urged to consider their responsibilities as hosts to exchange countries and to consider Great Britain itself as a fertile area for exchange. (JH)

An episodal, interdisciplinary approach to teaching American industrial development provides students with a historical perspective, an awareness of certain economic principles, and actual work experiences in the manufacturing process. It also sensitizes them to critical and persistent economic and social problems affecting people in a…

Discribes interdisciplinary approach to teaching American Culture by a multi-faceted study of a decade that relates the part to the whole and suggests further curricular possibilities. (Author/GB)

The industrial arts teacher can stay abreast with the new concepts of man, society, and technology and convey these concepts to his students through the study of industrial archaeology. (Author)