The reputed merits of the interdisciplinary curriculum movement are explored in this collection of works by leading educators. Context is laid out in the introduction, "When Theory Meets Practice in the World of School," by Pam Grossman, Sam Wineburg, and Scott Beers. The chapters are as follows: (1) "On Disciplinary Lenses and…

The Colorado School of Mines is in the 4th year of a comprehensive curriculum revision process. After refining the mission statement and graduate profile, the school has developed and begun to implement a new undergraduate curriculum which features design-across-the-curriculum, a sequence of "systems" courses, an enhanced and integrated…

The Galveston plan implemented by the University of Texas Medical Branch School of Allied Health Sciences and Galveston College provides academic and clinical experience for the health care worker. The plan utilizes the core approach in instruction for its cooperative program. (DS)

Discusses a survey to define the nationwide trend to eliminate college language requirements; conducted from March through May 1971 by C.G. Schwarzkopf of Curry College, Milton, Massachusetts. (RS)

The subject of history is becoming increasingly irrelevant to contemporary man. Drastic changes in teaching methods, in course design, and in administrators' attitudes chould change the course history, as a subject, seems doomed to follow. (JB)

Paper delivered at the ADFL Summer Seminar for Chairmen, June 21-25, 1971 at Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont. (DS)

Describes the course content of an interdisciplinary core course for science majors at Portland State University. This is a two-year sequence encompassing material from physics, chemistry, and biology, and is designed to prepare students to undertake an advanced undergraduate program in any of these fields. The syllabus and special features of the…

Paper presented at the Council of Academic Societies Conference, Washington, D.C., October 2-5, 1968

Describes the programs, goals, and global approach of a magnet high school in Atlanta, GA. (EKN)

Includes three documents arguing in favor of mandatory foreign language study in Australia's core curriculum. These statements are in response to the Curriculum Development Centre's recommendation that foreign languages "not" be mandatory. (EKN)

Compares the development and current status of art education and art education research in England and the United States. The author argues that, despite educators' claims about the value of affective and expressive education, art education in both countries has failed to achieve equal status with cognitively oriented studies in the curriculum.…

Secondary school students in Pine River, Minnesota, need enough common knowledge to compete with graduates of other schools, but educators must keep in mind--as they move toward a more uniform curriculum--that each community is unique. (Author/RW)

Suggests that educational philosphers have adopted Immanuel Kant's argument that 12 categories are necessary for a complete understanding of the natural and moral worlds. Concludes that using Kantian arguments to determine curriculum is logically invalid. The key to educational philosophy lies in inquiry into the nature of thought and…