The Interdisciplinary Teacher's Handbook: Integrated Teaching Across the Curriculum » (1st Edition)

STEPHEN TCHUDI is professor of English at the University of Nevada, Reno, where he coordinates the interdisciplinary university seminars program and directs graduate programs in rhetoric and composition. He is author of some forty books for teachers, young people, and the general public, including The English/Language Arts Handbook: Classroom Strategies for Teachers Second Edition (coauthored with Susan Tchudi, Boynton/Cook, 1991). Tchudi is also past president of the National Council of Teachers of English and a member of the National Association for Science, Technology, and Society. He currently edits Halycon, an interdisciplinary humanities journal.

STEPHEN LAFER teaches English education, general education, and middle school methods courses at the University of Nevada, Reno. He is codirector of the Truckee River project, a summer institute for teachers that focuses on interdisciplinary exploration into issues concerning the western region of the United States. Lafer is also past chair of the Assembly on Science and Humanities (ASH) of the National Council of Teachers of English.

No matter what you teach or how long you've been teaching, The Interdisciplinary Teacher's Handbook will help you inspire the curiosity and motivation at the heart of students' best learning experiences. True advocates of localized, exploration-based methodology, Tchudi and Lafer present a thoughtful approach to interdisciplinary teaching with lots of advice on developing your own program and curriculum.