Discusses the implementation of knowledge management systems in academic departments. Explains the pedagogical perspective of knowledge management, the knowledge building process, and applying information technology; and presents a case study of the development of a knowledge management framework at the Manipal Institute of Technology (India).…

Examined the relationships between several factors that characterize academics working in higher education and their approaches to the scholarship of teaching. Findings suggest that discipline and teaching conceptualization have the strongest influence on teaching scholarship, while qualifications and years of teaching have a moderate impact, and…

Investigated undergraduate motivation to learn, attempting to incorporate the role of discipline-specific factors in motivation to learn. Found that student academic performance is better explained by within- than by across-discipline indexes of motivation, probably because some types of motivation lead to success in some disciplines but failure…

The activities of a university are constituted through its disciplinary cultures. The individual disciplines mutually provide environments for one another but are largely autonomous in establishing their internal standards. Therefore, the university is only an institutional realization of its disciplinary parts in particular spatial locations.…

Argues that communication ethics and free speech are the foundation for understanding the field of speech communication and its proper positioning in the larger array of academic disciplines. Argues that speech communication as a discipline can be traced back to a "practical philosophical" foundation detailed by Aristotle. (KEH)

This study analyzed current name trends in higher education physical education, identified the rate of these name changes, sought to determine if a common name is reaching consensus within the profession, and summarized the perceived advantages or disadvantages for changing or retaining current names. (IAH)

By opening up to the possibilities of integrative curriculum, teachers can provide students with the means to connect experiences, to give meaning to unrelated experiences, and to make life more predictable through pattern recognition and creation. An integrative curriculum holds an endless challenge for teacher and student. (JOW)

Argues that rhetorical history serves composition studies in two ways: 1) it provides the field roots and self-definition; and 2) it provides the kind of hard knowledge that puts the field in context. (JAD)

Evaluates the developmental status of communication by studying citation patterns both within the field and between communication and other fields. Examines citation linkages of 10 communication journals using the 1983-1985 data from "Social Sciences Citation Index's Journal Citation Reports." (MM)

Discusses the isolation of the field of communications from other disciplines and the inattention of communications to the increasing convergence on information and communication in other disciplines. Maps the convergence by surveying the authors commonly cited in the fields of cognitive science, humanities, and semiotics. (MS)

Graduate students (n=529) in humanities, social sciences, life sciences, and physical sciences were surveyed about their perceived social support, financial problems, academic functioning, and psychological distress. Expected differences between "hard" and "soft" sciences were not supported; however, across fields, financial…

States that the title of an academic journal should identify its subject area, embody the spirit of the discipline, distinguish its orientation in the field, and reflect the current state of the art. Concludes that the scope of the "Journal of Basic Writing" has expanded over the years, and a name change that reflects the changes is…

Describes a four-tiered model of the intellectual structure of the human communication discipline: (1) the structural properties of messages; (2) individual, social, and cultural aspects of message activity; (3) interpersonal, small group, and public levels of message activity; and (4) message activity in recurrent social situations. (SR)

Provides a preliminary examination of the relationships which exist between the disciplines of communication and computer science. Isolates the original principles which determined the development of computer science. Suggests how these early formation principles had and continue to have on the study of communication. Focuses on the seminal role…

Jarvis believes that the diversity of perspectives and understanding of leaders from other disciplines enriches adult/continuing education. Griffith argues that the leadership of outsiders perpetuates dependence on the clientele, media, and content of other disciplines. (SK)