This handbook has been designed as a teaching resource to be used in the development of student attitudes and competencies, reflecting an awareness of the environment, and a motivation to work toward solutions to its problems. Listed activities are to be adapted to the abilities and interests of students, school locale, and teaching situation.…

This environmental education curriculum guide is an interdisciplinary program for sixth-grade students. The guide includes goals, product objectives, process objectives, and appendixes. The four goals are to: (1) understand the concept of tangible and intangible environments and their interaction, (2) discover the community and one's own identity…

These guidelines for the implementation of instruction in the metric system in grades K-8 were developed under the philosophy that students should develop the ability to use the metric system in all aspects of their lives. Therefore the approach outlined is an interdisciplinary one with minimal attention to conversion from the English to the…

The study presents descriptive data pertaining to the status of population education within the curricula of Florida's secondary schools. A four-page questionnaire, designed to obtain data from classroom teachers on a broad range of topics and areas pertaining to the status of population education within their respective schools, was mailed to 300…

The Extended Campus-Field Approach to Elementary Teacher Education Preparation and Placement Program (ECFE) at Brockport, New York, represents an Articulated Campus-Field program already in operation at the Faculty of Education. The ECFE approach is an interdisciplinary undertaking consisting of four phases for operation incorporating sixteen…

The New School of Liberal Arts, a part of Brooklyn College, utilized team teaching techniques in order to raise reading, writing, and general skills levels of underprepared college students in the New York City area. During the year's study, students received intensive developmental help in conjunction with content courses in social institutions,…

The academic and administrative problems involved in the quest to integrate the language sciences are reviewed. It is claimed that the explanatory power of a truly interdisciplinary approach to language can only be achieved on a meta-paradigmatic level. This failure to consider the disparities in theoretical persuasions, it is noted, is a major…

Oakton Community College is organized into four learning clusters, each comprising a group small enough to maintain "recognizability" and a sense of belonging. Each cluster has approximately 600 FTE students, 30 full-time faculty members, one learning resource faculty member, three counselors, and its own dean. The first of these…

The American Studies Association (ASA) is an interprofessional group, representing a cross-section of persons from American literature, American history, the social sciences, philosophy, archeology, Black Studies, Urban Studies, American Studies, and others. This document by the ASA Commission on the Status of Women includes: (1) a report of the…

This publication is one of two related volumes that were produced as part of an interdisciplinary effort at the University of Pennsylvania by the School of Social Work and the Wharton School to develop a joint educational program in social welfare management. This particular volume contains guidelines for a field experience program in social…

The Health Manpower Conferences Project (HMC), under the guidance of the National Student Coordinating Committee, solicited proposals from local student groups interested in supporting an interdisciplinary student health manpower conference. Ten selected student groups were awarded subcontracts and each planned and conducted a conference during…

A 10-month program to provide inservice education for vocational education administrators was developed by a consortium of four universities in Indiana and coordinated by a management team. Seventy of 120 persons who were eligible for the program applied, and 30 were selected. The program was presented in four phases: synergistic studies, to…

Part I of this progress report places emphasis on curriculum development from the standpoint of the teacher-developer. The role is defined and factors such as teacher selection, release time, administrative cooperation, work schedules, assigned work space, and benefits to the school division and to the teacher are discussed. Recommendations deal…

This interdisciplinary environmental education classroom manual was designed with the needs of both educators and pupils in mind. The manual is a compilation of articles, activities, and resources which exemplifies methods of media and the philosophy pertinent to environmental education. The volume contains materials collected from a variety of…

This series of four environmental education units is designed for use at the high school level. The first unit, an advanced science and independent study, includes such topics as student requirements, advisor responsibilities, evaluation forms, research report format, a guide to Syracuse University libraries, and research ideas. The second unit,…