Examines the notion of community in terms of language forms and specialized knowledge, and in terms of the social organization of the members of discipline groups. (Author)

Student unrest stems partially from a desire to find meaning in the education that they are receiving. (CK)

Examination of Newman's concept of the unity and structure of knowledge basic to his theory of a liberal education. (Author/MM)

First article in a series, including SO 500 586 and SO 500 621, defines the typical elements of social studies and how they came together in the Twentieth Century as required courses from kindergarten to grade 12. (DB)

Address presented at the 1969 Seminar in Albuquerque, New Mexico of the Association of Departments of English (ADE), an affiliate of the Modern Language Association of America (MLA). (DS)

The present ludicrous Ph.D. program is a tragic waste of human lives and economic resources. (IR)

The dominant paradigms in different disciplines influence the nature of research and practice in those fields. The ability to detect which theories are about to change and to identify the new theories most likely to succeed them is a skill that futurists and educators at all levels need to develop. (Author/RM)

Higher education's contemporary emergence as a scholarly specialty is compared with the development of some other specialities--economics, political science, sociology. An interpretation of how fields become disciplines is offered and some parallels between the social sciences at the turn of the century and higher education today are explored.…

Advocates an approach for teaching the civic education component of the social studies curriculum based on the teaching of political science. "Citizenship Decision-Making" materials are described as an example of curricula which conceptualize politics by permitting students to examine their own political experiences in comparison with the adult…

Argues that a separate course of study called "History" should be included in the New York state revised secondary social studies program. History instruction will help the student gain a perspective of time and understand him/herself, his/her society, other societies, and the world. (RM)

Proposes, in prose and in charts, a theory of writing intended to unite the fields of composition studies and literature. (JL)

Seven theses are proposed concerning the nature of knowledge, the knower, opinion, learning, truth, the organization of disciplines, and the nature of the university. Systematics, the study of classification, has guided the organization of the university through the disciplines since Plato. (MSE)

Compares the effectiveness and practicality of discrete academic disciplines to interdisciplinary curriculum approaches for elementary secondary education. Interdisciplinary curricula from France, Spain, and Italy are used to illustrate various ways of combining individual subjects. The author considers the interdisciplinary curriculum model…

Law and Aging could be established as a separate field of legal study when analyzed by criteria for recognition of separate fields, according to four different models of legal education. It could serve the practice, rules, principles, and policy models, but its practicality and popularity among students are questionable. (MSE)

Controversy exists concerning interdisciplinary research, especially when it is related to national needs and societal problems. The role of central university administration is examined, along with how it might shape the future course and direction of research efforts. (Author/MLW)