Looks at the contributions of other disciplines to the field of music learning. Describes the highlights of the Eastman Symposium for Musical Development and Cognition, and makes suggestions for interdisciplinary series of lectures and symposiums. (GG)

Measured multiple approaches to job design and examined relationships with ability requirements, using two distinctly different samples (total N=213 jobs), different measures of job design, and ability requirements. Found that motivational attributes of jobs related positively to mental ability requirements; other approaches to job design related…

The roots and features of postmodernism and its impact on education are explored. It is asserted that in order for postmodern theory to be carried into pedagogical practice the voices of women, and others excluded from influence on the basis of race or class, must be heard by educators. (IAH)

An Ohio research project is documenting the perceptions of college/university faculty and administrators (n=25) regarding the institutional factors that inhibit or facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration among their own educational preparation programs. This presentation is based on a preliminary analysis of available data. (PB)

Presents activities designed to build an understanding of why the physical characteristics of small animals such as the water strider, water spider, and the basilisk make it possible for the animals to use the surface tension of water to their advantage. Discusses the concept of geometrical scaling. (JRH)

Discussion of educational technology focuses on the need for critical theory, including its cross-disciplinary aspects and sociopolitical beliefs and practices; the importance of criticism for educational technology, including questions of ethics and discourse; and recognizing contradictions. (Contains four references.) (LRW)

Presents a variety of writers who have published books that demonstrate the art of botany. The following sections are included: (1) Herbal; (2) Printed Books; (3) Flowers; (4) British Botany; (5) Printing Advances; and (6) Art and Science. Contains 23 references. (ZWH)

Interviews Dale Bachman Flynn, professor of cardiology and dean of admissions and student affairs at Emory University School of Medicine, about his "In the Country of Hearts," a collection of stories about his medical practice. Discusses Flynn's personal life; his life-long practice of writing; and his interest in the intersections among medicine,…

A yearlong training program involved 77 faculty from multiple disciplines in improving aging-related knowledge and appreciation for other disciplines' treatment of the topic. Evaluation showed good results for passive cognitive learning, slightly less for active cognitive learning, and mixed for affective. Four regional geriatric education centers…

Discusses genetics and heredity and their relation to human behavior. (JRH)

Examines issues related to specialization in science in the context of the work of Alexander Von Humboldt, one of the first popular scientists in the 19th century and Charles Darwin's mentor. Chronicles the impacts of a science dominated by specialization and argues for increased emphasis on interdisciplinary environmental study. (LZ)

The Rosa Keller Campus is a multidisciplinary, multiinstitutional program of education for older adults. Four principles are essential: (1) program administration independent of participating disciplines and institutions; (2) strong public commitment from institutions; (3) sufficient reward for participants; and (4) strong community involvement…

Women's studies and adult education are complementary for several reasons: (1) they are both linked to social movements; (2) the liberal adult education tradition uses radical, innovative approaches; (3) both are interdisciplinary; (4) theoretization of women's experience is more likely to be relevant to mature students; and (5) focus on learner…

Outlines an award-winning interdisciplinary unit of study (used in biology and English classrooms) that combines literature, mythology, religious history relating to origins, and Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. (RS)

Studies documenting the lack of adequate gerontology training among professionals led to development of a model involving indepth reeducation to develop expertise and a systematic hierarchy of interdisciplinary experiences in aging that builds on the core foundation. (SK)