Describes a team teaching approach to teaching writing across the curriculum. (RL)

Describes the Freshman Interdisciplinary Studies Program at Temple University, in which a group of freshmen join four to six faculty members in an interdisciplinary study of a broad topic. (DD)

Several examples of how alcohol education can be integrated into social studies, English, foreign language, and art classes are offered along with a discussion of the interdisciplinary approach to alcohol education. (MM)

Advocates the teaching of interdependent courses, which combine a section of composition and an introductory course in another subject, such as psychology. (DD)

Discusses English curricula in the area of tribology, the science and technology of interacting surfaces in relative motion. (MLH)

Recounts the circumstances of the first general conference on argumentation held in 1979 in Utah--the worlds of speech communication and the human sciences were ready for systematic and concerted studies of argument theory and practice. Describes the conference experiences. (PA)

Contends that academia needs to move beyond separate departments and disciplines as they have been understood over the past century. Advocates facing up to the gravity of the environmental situation, looking for a sustainable vision that will unite individuals in a community effort, and seeking literary insights into the problem. (PA)

Although administrative science has made much progress over the years, it continues to be a fragmented field of study. This essay explores one source of the continuing fragmentation of administrative science--the extensive but partial rapprochement with the humanities that has occurred in recent decades. The connection to the traditional topics of…

Describes a comprehensive, four-year integrated character development program at the Naval Academy. Highlights the concept of Integrity Development Seminars. (JRH)

Relates mathematics to literature through the story "Pablo's Tree." The students turn flat paper into three-dimensional boxes through the use of riddles, reasoning, and communication, thereby providing the teacher an easy, informal way to assess their level of thinking and understanding. (AIM)

Presents an exercise that examines the lever systems that function in the chelae of the American lobster. Involves calculating the mechanical and distance advantages of the crusher and pincer chelae and estimating the actual forces generated by the contraction of the muscles and the magnitude of the forces transmitted around the fulcrum to the tip…

Discusses two six-week projects for high school students involving qualitative and quantitative research methods to integrate mathematics and English. Students use descriptive statistics and prose to present findings about (1) their school space and (2) daily life for American troops in the Gulf War. (KMC)

Discusses the influence of James Finn on the curriculum of instructional technology, including a connection with related disciplines, expansion of the literature, the introduction of new courses dealing with new technologies, the importance of media and machines, and the impact of technology on educational institutions. (LRW)

Uses an integrated team approach involving students from different disciplines in a cooperative environment to conduct science projects in biology, chemistry, and physics. (YDS)

Proposes a general model for design research in education that grows out of research and work in related design fields. The proposed model draws upon qualitative and quantitative techniques in a stage-sensitive manner, leaving the judgment of relative merits up to interdisciplinary team members. Asserts that researchers must design artifacts,…