Affirms the possibility of interdisciplinary psychology/religion courses in which both remain fully autonomous. Describes a course on inquiry into religious experience showing one way in which this possibility can be actualized. (Author/CK)

Describes the advantages of seminars on writing held for teachers in disciplines other than English. (DD)

Describes an interdisciplinary approach to teaching music and poetry. (FL)

Utopolis, an imaginary community, was created by 48 fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students. Given only geographical boundaries, the group created the town complete with its many complex and interrelated problems. (NQ)

Outlines the values and merits of interdisciplinary instruction. (Author/RK)

Suggests language arts and interdisciplinary activities to improve students' handwriting. (DD)

Presents eleven groups of activities students can undertake which deal with sidewalks and which involve both social studies and language arts skills. (DD)

Described is the new field of geocancerology, defined as the integrated study of the influence of factors such as physical and social environment, mode of life and bio-anthropological make-up on diseases, and especially on their incidence, distribution and aetiology. Discussed are objectives and boundaries, chronobiological factors, geographic…

Advocates a more clearly defined place for literary reading in interdisciplinary studies. Defines "interdisciplinary" as implying dialogues across borders. States that literary study has in the past distinguished itself from the social sciences by allowing more space for the language of texts to "talk back." Discusses a 1925 historical essay, "The…

Discusses information overload and examines several ways in which actual and potential overload affects research choices for the solo researcher in interdisciplinary areas. Topics include information overload and teamwork; entry barriers to certain specialties, including necessary background knowledge; and information utilization and knowledge…

Argues for a curriculum based on the earth itself that could offer ideas and insights to help students as they mature. Explains that history, geography, literature, science, philosophy, and economics are enriched by the unifying concept of ecology. (DDR)

Discusses ways to use cooking to teach kindergartners about science, language, reading, geography, and mathematics, including number sense, numeration concepts, geometric shapes, and measurement skills. Tips on cooking in class and several recipes are given. (MTE)

Strategies for choosing themes for theme teaching include limiting subject areas, integrating skills, balancing teacher- and student-generated themes, avoiding cutsey activities, drawing from various arenas, avoiding overly long themes, avoiding yearlong or schoolwide themes, understanding the themes, repeating themes, and borrowing themes from…

Reports the findings of a study of knowledge management courses included in the curriculum of academic disciplines of business, computing, and information based on a review of course descriptions from Web sites of universities in different countries. Describes level of courses, curriculum areas and topics, and the multidisciplinary nature of the…

Investigated whether multidisciplinary health professions education in community settings could be sustained post-funding, noting facilitators and barriers to sustainability. Pre and post surveys of students and faculty from U.S. health professions education institutions, site visits, evaluations, and reports highlighted facilitators (leadership,…