Describes a cooperative approach between teacher education and communication departments at Miami University, Ohio, to produce a field-based communication course for prospective teachers. Covers course content and organization. (PD)

There is a critical need for integrating basic legal concepts into social work curricula. Important content areas include: confidentiality, knowledge of when to seek court action, case recording, understanding legal rights of parents and children, giving substantial factual testimony, and use of one's authority for action. (MSE)

Health education has developed from the early physical education programs of the 1860s. Health education is now in a period of change due to an increasing interest in health and health-related careers. A proposed interdisciplinary structure for health studies as a teaching field is described. (JN)

A study determined that an interdisciplinary social studies and science methods course favorably influences the curriculum constructs of elementary teacher education students when it is designed for deep personal meaning rather than surface skill acquisition. (JN)

The University of Maryland School of Medicine, in cooperation with the five other campus professional schools, has developed a comprehensive, interdisciplinary geriatrics training program for students entering the health care professions. A model is offered for medical educators interested in geriatric curriculum design. (Author/MLW)

Lists examples of paintings, sculpture, music, and literature which lend themselves to science units such as the changing universe, energy, matter, and living things. (CS)

Calls for an expanded role for the home economics teacher, stating that s/he already has the eclectic background and skills to integrate total learning experiences in the high school's overall program development and evaluation to give students a foundation for productive living. Lists publications on family relationships. (MF)

Describes the activities of The Institute for Science Education (IPN) at the University of Kiel, Germany. The emphasis is on the interdisciplinary approach of the individual fields and the projects during 1977-1979. (SA)

Presents a 52-item bibliography of works in the ERIC collection dealing with science instruction at two-year colleges. The entries cover the areas of general science, agriculture, biology, chemistry, earth science, economics, engineering, environmental sciences, interdisciplinary sciences, social science, mathematics, physics, psychology, and…

Occidental College offers international programs and foreign affairs courses. The emphasis on international studies extends to the core curriculum with three major areas that deal with the history, politics, and culture of other countries. Undergraduates are required to take almost two years of a foreign language. (MLW)

Experiences, group dynamics, hazards curriculum, and logistics of a canoe trip of the Mississippi River are discussed. (RE)

Regional Environmental Learning System is discussed in the context of its efficacy in citizen learning through participative effort, in classroom learning effectiveness, and in expanding themes for environmental education. Design and evaluation of the system are discussed. (RE)

The author, an architect, discusses how architecture can provide sources of content for the curriculum in general and the art program in particular. She views architecture as a way of organizing the built environment, important to understanding history, social sciences, and mathematics as well as art. (KC)

The Community Care Organization-Milwaukee, sought to provide care at less cost and with higher resultant quality of life than nursing home care. Most frequently used services were transportation and nutrition. Much of the cost savings resulted from reduced hospitalization and nursing home utilization. (Author)

Discusses the need for teaching junior high and middle school students about the Holocaust of World War II and other incidents of oppression and persecution. (RL)