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ERIC Number: EJ499186
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0192-6365
Interdisciplinary Education--You Bet It Can Work!
Impson, Patricia D.; And Others
NASSP Bulletin, v79 n569 p32-37 Mar 1995
To increase students' problem-solving abilities, the New York State New Compact for Learning requires schools to do more interdisciplinary, community-based work. Fairport High School's venture exploring the European Union evolved from Connections, a school-within-a-school program serving highly able students. Cooperation among three departments and participant incentives helped ensure this distance education program's success. (MLH)
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Cooperative Programs, Distance Education, Global Approach, High Schools, Interdisciplinary Approach, International Education, Problem Solving, Program Development
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: New York (Fairport)