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Download full textLekhi, Priyanka; Allen, Meghan; Leung, Fok-Shuen; Gilley, Brett; Rieger, Georg; Fox, Joanne A. – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2017
Students who engage in undergraduate research experiences acquire many benefits, including an understanding of how scientific knowledge is constructed, recognition that knowledge can be complex and uncertain, and the habit of viewing knowledge critically. This paper describes a first-year two-course sequence that provides multidisciplinary…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Curriculum Development, Interdisciplinary Approach, Delivery Systems
Direct linkSherchan, Samendra; Pasha, Fayzul; Weinman, Beth; Nelson, Fred L.; Sharma, Florence C.; Therkelsen, Jes; Drexler, David – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2016
In this article we will describe the development of an interdisciplinary general education course focusing on water. As part of a faculty cohort charged with teaching and studying this topic, we considered a number of projects, including community outreach, teacher professional development, and collaborative research. We decided on an…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Water, Teacher Collaboration, Teamwork
Two Year Community: Design and Components of a Two-Year College Interdisciplinary Field-Study Course
Wolfe, Benjamin A.; Martin, Todd C. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2013
Interdisciplinary field study courses at 2-year colleges can provide an opportunity to enhance student learning. The authors present here an 11-day interdisciplinary field-study course designed for nonscience majors at a 2-year college. Using a theoretical learning framework that emphasizes cognitive and metacognitive gains, the field study…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Two Year Colleges, Community Colleges, Curriculum Design
Peer reviewedViney, Wayne; Crosby, Donald A. – Teaching of Psychology, 1991
Discusses an interdisciplinary course on the psychology and philosophy of William James. Describes course organization and goals. Explains that the course includes sections on James' life and personal characteristics, his psychological and philosophical works, and specific psychological and philosophical topics that he addressed. Assesses…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Evaluation, Course Organization, Educational Objectives
Peer reviewedHoward, Jan; Byl, Nancy – Journal of Medical Education, 1971
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Community Health Services, Course Evaluation, Course Objectives
Peer reviewedSchwartz, Joseph; Ragir, Sonia – American Journal of Physics, 1974
Discusses an interdisciplinary course offered to senior students in physical, biological, and social sciences, with emphases on explaining the character of scientific work and the mechanisms underlying biological evolution. Included is a bibliography of available materials. (CC)
Descriptors: Anthropology, Biological Sciences, College Science, Course Descriptions
Hill, Brian V. – Australian University, 1976
General objectives of interdisciplinary education are examined and some possible pitfalls of multidisciplinary courses suggested. Guidelines for improvement are offered. (LBH)
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Course Organization, Educational Objectives, Foreign Countries
Cobas, Amador – 1974
During the academic year 1972-1973, an Introductory Interdisciplinary Course in Natural Sciences, Natural Sciences 101-102, was offered as a voluntary alternative to the traditional separate courses in physics, biology, and chemistry, for a group of 60 students. The method of selection of the students, the organization of the course, and the…
Descriptors: College Science, Course Evaluation, Course Organization, Curriculum Development
Peer reviewedInfante, Mary Sue; And Others – Journal of Allied Health, 1976
Presents a description and an evaluation of a didactic interdisciplinary course, offered by the Schools of Allied Health, Nursing, Pharmacy, and Social Work at the University of Connecticut, which concentrates on the theory of interprofessional behaviors necessary for "teaming"; includes an experiential component to stimulate a team…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Occupations Education, Course Descriptions
Peer reviewedBrowne, Alister; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1995
A University of British Columbia course in health care ethics, open to students from all health-care fields, encourages students to participate in interdisciplinary health-care decisionmaking in their future practice by providing an opportunity to study ethics together during professional training. The course objectives, organization, content, and…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Course Evaluation
Glickman, Harvey – 1993
This final report describes activities and accomplishments of a federally supported 3-year project at Haverford and Bryn Mawr Colleges (Pennsylvania) to develop three interdisciplinary "conference courses" in international affairs. The courses were offered in the political science department and were titled "North-South Cooperation…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, College Curriculum, College Instruction, Cooperative Learning
Crawford, Barbara L. – 1984
An experimental, interdisciplinary, mastery learning course in intercultural communication--designed to help students at Santa Barbara (California) City College overcome barriers arising from language, attitudinal, nonverbal, and ethnocentric variations in communication styles--is described in this collection of documents. The collection includes…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Course Evaluation
Moore, Betty Jane; Silverman, Sherman E. – 1980
Since Spring 1969, Prince George's Community College (Maryland) has offered a team-taught, interdisciplinary course incorporating economics, geography, and political science in an introduction to social science for technical education students. As the course was originally designed, each of the instructors of the three disciplines was given a…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Course Evaluation, Course Organization, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
PDF pending restorationAlberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Curriculum Branch. – 1991
This manual for Junior High Environmental and Outdoor Education courses specifically addresses the special needs of adolescent students. A program development model is organized around six elements: (1) outdoor core; (2) personal and group development; (3) environmental core; (4) outdoor expeditions; (5) environmental investigations; and (6)…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Course Evaluation
