This book explores postmodern critique in scholarly inquiry in the context of the philosophies of Jean-Francois Lyotard, Michel Foucault, Jacques Derrida, Richard Rorty, and Calvin Schrag. Claiming that the overall course of inquiry is characterized by basic theoretical deficiencies, postmodern critique suggests a rethinking of the nature and aims…

This article presents some theoretical reflections on the relationship between social representations-as they are conceptualized in sociopsychology--and discourse. An interdisciplinary point of view is advocated that accounts for both linguistics and sociopsychology. Methodological comments are presented and a way to convey theoretical reflections…

This book contains a 10-year outlook for the National Science Foundation (NSF) and addresses critical environmental challenges and develops environmental syntheses to frame integrated interdisciplinary research questions and activities to merge data, approaches, and ideas across spatial, temporal, and societal scales. It focuses on three…

We present a developing distributed cognition theory of interdisciplinary collaboration that incorporates concepts from both situated cognition and information processing theory. This theoretical framework is being refined as it is used for analyzing interdisciplinary collaboration within the National Institute of Science Education (NISE). The…

The locus of mental health care for individuals with severe and persistent mental illness continues to shift from inpatient units to outpatient and community services. Among community-based approaches, assertive community treatment (ACT) teams have demonstrated clinical and cost effectiveness in state and federal public systems. However, public…

This collection of essays by various authors draws on resources from a series of "EETAP Resource Library Info Sheets" developed for the Environmental Education and Training Partnership (EETAP) by the Ohio State University (OSU) Extension and the OSU School of Natural Resources. Forty Info Sheets are categorized using six major themes intended to…

Discussed the development and implementation of programs in the arts. (RK)

This interdisciplinary course reflects all aspects of India with one goal in mind -- an appreciation of the slow, human process of creating a civilization. A bibliography of materials discussed in a course description is appended. (JH)

Author proposes flexible and economical ways to offer students the new programs they want without expanding to an impossible size and going broke in the process. (Editor/PG)

Describes an interdisciplinary course prepared at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. (RS)

Describes a course planned to integrate aspects of nine different disciplines in an attempt to solve a common problem. Senior and graduate students with different backgrounds participated in the course with favorable results. Suggestions are listed for those who propose to teach a similar course. (PS)

Describes characteristic features of an interdisciplinary environmental science program. Courses lead to the study of environmental problems both in breadth and depth. (PS)

The purpose of this article is to set down an example of the involvement of several departments of a university in the training of counselors. (Author)

A method for middle school teachers. (SP)