The data analyzed for this report was obtained as part of an interdisciplinary project on the measurement and description of widespread and relatively stable bilingualism in a Puerto Rican neighborhood in the Greater New York City area (Fishman, Cooper, Ma, et al. 1968). The area studied by the team of linguists, psychologists, and sociolinguists…

This guide for elementary grade teachers is designed to present a perspective for the social studies which will enable teachers, and hence their students, "to discern coherence, continuity and preciseness in the study of human affairs." It reflects on interdisciplinary approach, based on the relatedness of the social sciences and strongly…

Can a structure be created that provides a broader and more valid base for the general education curriculum in the social studies than would the structure of social science disciplines? One alternative would be to focus on the making of decisions about public issues as the crucial element of citizenship behavior in a democracy. Using the common…

This paper focuses on four studies of pupils' reading comprehension completed at the University of Alberta. A number of investigators have described the acquisition and use of connectives by pupils and have indicated the importance of connectives in the development of abstract logical thinking. (Teachers often consider these words too simple to…

Traditional teaching methodology and materials are founded on the premise that all U.S. born citizens speak English as the mother tongue. Precedence is given to the development of reading and writing at an early level. The disadvantaged Mexican-American lacks the necessary linguistic experiences in the English language to assure him success in…

An urban designer discusses environmental design as an interdisciplinary art. This volume serves as a general introduction to the subject, and is a casebook for encouraging an interprofessional view of environmental design. It is also a basic guide for the layman interested in knowing how the environment in which he lives can be improved. The…

This document, based on 3-year summary reports submitted by the participating schools, summarizes programs supported by the Manpower Research Institutional Grant Program under authority of Title I of the Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962, as amended. In June 1966, the first grants were awarded to seven colleges and universities. The…

Current criticism of curriculum and instruction in American schools has prompted Western Michigan University to institute a group minor in the Integrated Creative Arts for elementary school teachers. The first of six courses in the minor brings insight into man's creative nature and stimulates personal discovery in students. Four successive…

Consumer education should be integrated throughout the curriculum in an inter-disciplinary manner. English teachers have unparalleled opportunity to provide students with excellent foundations for critical and interpretive reading and thinking in the area of advertising, as they are involved with reading, vocabulary building, and both oral and…

An analysis of the development of communication media can yield insight into the evolution of literary criticism. M. H. Abrams' division of the history of literary criticism into the imitative, the pragmatic, the expressive, and the objective provides a guideline in analyzing corresponding developments in communication media. The evolution of…

This unit, designed for senior high school students, focuses on air pollution by examining its effect on man, plants and animals, the causes of air pollution, and possible solutions to the air pollution problems. It approaches each of these topics through both natural science and social science perspectives. The unit is divided into seven separate…

This unit, an interdisciplinary ecological approach to study communities in nature, considers various types of relationships such as mutualism, commensalism and succession to determine general characteristics of a community and interrelationships between communities. Designed for primary school children, food chains, food webs, reproduction,…

It was the purpose of this study to examine and attempt to describe the humanities and/or interdisciplinary programs and courses which were offered in educational institutions from 1968-1972. The particular concern was the role of music in such courses. Information was derived from course syllabi, personal evaluations, reading lists, and/or…

The focus of this NSF-sponsored conference was on discussion of problems which exist in mathematics education at the middle school level; and to seek some consensus as to future action. Four position papers presented to the conferences, attention to computational skills, relevance in mathematics education to meet societal needs, development of…

A number of space science resource materials and activities are developed into a useful format for classroom presentation. The application of mathematical properties in making scientific discoveries is the major emphasis. Each section has a discussion centered on the men and history behind the discovery of physical laws and phenomena relevant to…