Track II is a self-elective, five-term interdisciplinary program whose preclinical curriculum involves using patient problems as themes to allow students to integrate basic concepts and skills of biomedical and behavioral-social sciences. Its aim is to direct medical students toward a lifelong commitment to comprehensive patient care, continuing…

The Carolina Approach to Responsive Education is a comprehensive multidisciplinary educational program for preschool children and their families based on a general systems theory of development which includes such features as small groups, experienced staff, male role models, volunteers, medical care, playgrounds, field trips, home visits, and a…

A study that examined biology and political science to identify links among the subfields in each discipline was based on interviews with college faculty and reviews of current literature. The findings suggest that there are systematic links and that specialization is more benign than its image. (Author/MLW)

An adaptable transdisciplinary decision-making model for service delivery to students with severe handicaps is described. Nine steps include collecting information, reviewing records, classroom skills inventory, initial goal selection, in situ evaluation, clinical evaluation, testing treatment hypotheses, establishing long-term objectives, and the…

Focuses on the development and implementation of a treatment model for the reintegration of chronically disturbed psychiatric patients into community living. The model operates within the context of an interdisciplinary team structure and has as its central component aggressive outreach and intensive support as determined by the patient's needs.…

Describes a study of the use of an integrated communication arts instructional strategy to facilitate comprehension in a high school history course indicating that subjects who wrote following brainstorming activities and text readings generated higher quality ideas and synthesized acquired information better than the groups that did not write.…

An undergraduate professional elective course emphasizing the study of literary and fine arts works portraying pharmacy and pharmacists, developed to give pharmacy students a variety of experiences with role perceptions, is described. Students examine, discuss, and critique fiction, drama, music, the visual arts, and other creative works. (MSE)

Describes an interdisciplinary chemistry course at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) in which at least one quarter of the time is devoted to materials science. Includes information on course content, laboratory work, and assessment of student performance on chemistry and materials science topics. (JN)

Based on an international workshop held at Rutgers University, this article discusses problems and issues in the design, research, and implementation of distributed expert-based information systems (DEBIS). Information needs of end users are stressed, architectures for expert information retrieval systems are explored, and prototype models are…

Illustrates the inability of conventional education to meet the needs of today's children. Describes the BONGO Program, an interdisciplinary team-taught approach that uses drama to teach academic subjects. Students learn by doing and then present their projects to the public, thereby becoming active participants in society. Highlights the success…

Reviews LESSONS FOR LEARNING: HANDBOOK OF MUSEUM-RELATED LESSON PLANS which contains 20 lessons designed to correlate art with other subjects in the elementary and middle school curriculum. Assesses strengths and weaknesses of the handbook, concluding that, although lessons are uneven in quality, many original and interesting ideas are proposed.…

Proposing an interdisciplinary approach to writing improvement, Carter presents a plan whereby the social studies teacher becomes an advocate for improving writing in all subjects in the curriculum. Provides a teacher questionnaire, a yearly plan for writing improvement across the curriculum, a writing evaluation instrument, and suggestions for…

Junior high school pupils from Cambodia drew pictures to teach Americans about Cambodia. The efforts were organized into a project in which many types of media were used to present cultural shows. This helped the immigrants share information about their native country as they improved their English skills. Photographs are included. (VM)

Evaluation research in work-site health promotion offers an opportunity to test the effectiveness of work-site health promotion and disease prevention programs. Based on an evaluation of the research, an interdisciplinary approach to data collection and analysis is suggested, and policy implications are outlined. (TJH)

As an alternative to traditional physical education major programs, the University of Iowa developed an exercise science degree curriculum. This opens career options for those interested in graduate work or in an allied health profession. A list of course requirements is given. (JL)