Describes 16 activities that use student-created visual arts to teach conventional reading skills such as organizing sequences and remembering details. Activities suggested include: illustrating poems, descriptions, and stories; designing scenery and costumes; making pictures, book covers, cartoons, and books; and a listening game. (DF)

Presented are two visual aids, the Lesson Plan Tree and the Interdisciplinary Planning Wheel, which can serve as a framework and reference for student and teacher cooperative planning of an interdisciplinary studies unit. Both planning aids are illustrated with sample learning activities on pioneer life in Ohio. (SJL)

A journalism adviser with no formal background in journalism education analyzes his successes and proposes a new approach to scholastic journalism--separate publications (newspaper, magazine, yearbook) with a common staff and the sharing of resources. (RL)

Describes a high school project which integrates art and science by providing biology students with opportunities to exhibit student art work on biological subjects. (CS)

Described are ways in which a classroom teacher may recognize creativity's primary processes in the behavior of children. Suggestions are made for developing creative learning activities in the classroom. (CS)

This paper argues for an integrated approach to adult education which would require an examination of basic human needs and national development planning each in its own terms. The paper's argument is centered on liberation and participation as ends, not means: Education, development, and planning must be seen and acted on as an integrated whole.…

Describes a high school chemistry class that regularly studies a local river to incorporate hands-on environmental studies into chemistry topics. This integration has proven to be a successful technique to make science come alive for students, arouse students' curiosity, and convince students that chemistry is indeed everywhere. (DKM)

Argues that although differential equations are billed as applied mathematics, there is rarely any hands-on experience incorporated into the course. Presents a laboratory project that requires students to obtain data from a physics lab and use that data to compute the coefficients of the second order differential equation, which mathematically…

Analyzes modes of interaction in interdisciplinary education, distinguishing between interactions that address internal and external imperatives. Describes four levels of interaction, ranging from borrowing tools from other disciplines to connecting disciplines on conceptual levels. Provides examples of interactions addressing external imperatives…

Suggests how schools can truly use technology to improve their educational processes by considering technology a core value. Topics include how to coordinate and integrate technology; defining core outcomes for technology; and setting benchmarks for measurement at various grade levels. (Author/LRW)

Discusses the Internet's impact on library resources and the academic curriculum, highlighting collection development and the library's role in integrating the Internet into the curriculum. Suggests that librarians should promote the use of the Internet in the academic community and should integrate Internet resources with other library materials…

Discusses how the book "The Indian in the Cupboard" sparked a class of fifth graders to become actively involved with mathematics concepts by solving problems and relating them to the real world. Areas investigated include ratio and tables, measuring, averaging, using calculators, estimating area, and volume. Suggested activities could…

Asserts that faculty work frequently involves joint production of teaching and research, teaching and service, or research and service. Explores how assessing joint production of teaching, research, and outreach may benefit faculty and institutions, and suggests specific methods for evaluating the extent and nature of integrated faculty work. (EV)

Considers educational aspects of the development of ratio and proportion focusing on the arithmetization undergone by these concepts in light of the relationship between mathematics and music. Investigates the instructional aspects of compounding ratios. Points out features of the differences between identity and proportion which can be…

Describes how Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Management achieves their mission for the communication program. Discusses three keys to the success of the program: individual coaching, integrated team instruction, and constant assessment of the students and the program. Presents an overview of the program. (SG)