Presents an annotated bibliography of 27 items from the ERIC database in the area of speech communication. Areas highlighted include the nature of the discipline/profession; teaching/learning; theory/research; and applied communication. (JMF)

To identify problems in communication among social science disciplines and to point out unexploited opportunities for cross-disciplinary collaboration, the article maps the structure of interdisciplinary relationships among the various social sciences as exemplified by periodical citations in major disciplinary journals from 1936 to 1945.…

Discussed are some of the sins of omission in the art curriculum--lack of substance, absence of artists, ignorance of curriculum concerns, evaluation, and the neglect of technology. (KC)

The author has developed a graduate art education course to teach students to use the tools of artistic integration as well as those of scientific analysis in the development of theory about art education. Much of her article concerns various theories on disciplinary structures and modes of knowing. (Author/SJL)

Traces the shift of paradigms in the political science profession from the 1960s to 1980, examines the classical paradigm, compares it with modern paradigms, and reviews contemporary efforts to articulate a new paradigm which takes the ecological crisis into account. (Author/DB)

Describes the relationship between education and anthropology and characterizes the subfield of educational anthropology. Information is presented on research interests, models, ethnographic methodology, objectives, and data needs within the subfield. (Author/DB)

Interdisciplinary work has an important role to play in undergraduate study, but only as part of a larger pattern in which the disciplines as such must occupy a central position, since they supply the forms and structures that support a heritage of learning. (Author)

Describes the organization of Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia. (IRT)

Examines technology as a current professional issue and suggests strategies of interpretation from anthropology, history, sociology, and the humanities that will promote understanding. Highlights include a review of education and technology over the last century; interactions between society and technology; and recommended reading on the discourse…

Explores the contests among different groups that have marked the conduct of educational research in the last 100 years, and suggests that the development of wide support for education research will depend on surmounting the jurisdictional challenges that have previously prevented sustained agreement about the methods and focus of the field.…

This article, second in a series analyzing information policy as a field of scholarship, compares research in information policy with output in policy studies. Concludes that there are gaps in areas where value- and paradigm-critical approaches could have impact. Argues for extending the range of research paradigms to strengthen the intellectual…

Surveyed 672 students studying four disciplines in three Brisbane (Australia) universities regarding their learning styles. Found that students in the first third of their studies adopted learning styles that were similar to each other irrespective of main discipline. The learning styles of students in the final third of their studies, however,…

Examines data on prize-winning books during the 1990s from the American Historical Association, American Musicological Society, the College Art Association, and the Modern Language Association. Suggests that studying awards from the leading humanities scholarly associations can tell much about the disciplines, publishing industry, and library…

Examines the history of interdisciplinary studies over the last 30 years, reviewing the growth of interdisciplinary approaches and the structural forms that such programs have taken in higher education. Discusses implications of these changes for traditional disciplines. Highlights impediments to further change. (20 citations) (AJL)

Proposes that one theorist's challenge to the discipline of linguistics, which claims that linguistic structure is temporal and the study of language is a political activity, reflects the influence of philosophical deconstructivism that has heavily influenced other disciplines. The deconstructivist view of language is contrasted with competence…