Graduate student instructors (GSIs) play a critical role in higher education, serving as instructors of record for a substantial portion of courses at research universities. This study evaluates the structure and processes of Duke University Graduate School's Teaching Triangles (TT) program, an interdisciplinary peer observation and feedback…

Integrating science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) into classroom activities is a recurring and increasingly important topic. School-based agricultural education (SBAE) has historically been a relevant platform to integrate STEM concepts since it has strong ties to STEM industries, including horticulture, animal science, mechanization,…

Higher education plays a crucial role in supporting societal transitions towards more sustainable and equitable futures. As universities evolve to prepare learners to tackle wicked problems and lead long-term systems change, embodied teaching and learning approaches are gaining attention for their ability to integrate felt experiences with…

In this article we explore the challenges and rewards of a multi-year, multidisciplinary, multi-institutional approach to collaborative teaching and learning. What does it mean to teach across disciplines and what might this look like for our students who are emerging professionals from very different fields of study? What are the challenges of…

Creativity is a policy and practice objective for schools internationally. However, in recent OECD findings, students do not report a positive experience of creativity in their school learning, especially assessments. Similarly, research reports that teachers continue to struggle with making creativity part of the classroom experience. This…

The STEM Education Innovation and Research Institute (SEIRI) is a unique independent interdisciplinary unit at Indiana University Indianapolis. An internal evaluation survey was developed to properly assess the strengths and weaknesses of the institute. The design of the survey followed aligning the institute's mission with the programming…

Leadership education as a field of study has largely been considered multi- or interdisciplinary, yet many leadership educators find their programs siloed within the constructs of higher education institutions inadequate in addressing complex issues of today's world. The authors challenge organizations to embrace a truly transdisciplinary approach…

This paper sets out to identify the ways in which academic libraries can further interdisciplinary scholarship on campus. The medical humanities is presented as an example to interrogate the current practices in academic libraries and to inform future efforts in support of interdisciplinarity. Text mining was employed to illuminate trends in this…

Learning Factories 4.0 are thought to prepare vocational students for the challenges of Industry 4.0. The implementation of those interconnected Learning Factories 4.0 at technical vocational schools may promote the development of subject-related technical competencies as well as multidisciplinary digital competencies. Still, research is scarce…

Interdisciplinarity is widely considered necessary to solving many contemporary problems, and new funding structures and instruments have been created to encourage interdisciplinary research at universities. In this article, we study a small technical university specializing in green technology which implemented a strategy aimed at promoting and…

Concept mapping facilitates the externalisation and internalisation of knowledge by individuals during collaborative knowledge construction. However, not much is known about the individual and collaborative learning processes during collaborative concept mapping (CCM) in interdisciplinary knowledge construction. Premised on literature on…

Fabrication of molecular devices will meet the demands of the miniaturization of traditional electronic devices. Although microfabrication based on the complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor process can fabricate high-quality single-molecule devices, the cost is high, leading to a challenge to provide a hands-on experiment in the teaching…

Drawing upon theory and prior research this article describes a comprehensive framework to enhance professional identity formation through the development of a health professions course involving multiple disciplines.

Drawing on the work of prominent atheists and theists, this article argues that any genuinely comprehensive vision of education should include space on the curriculum for subjects such as Theology. Theology is an example of a subject which pushes questioning to infinity, thereby allowing for insight, potential discovery and wonder. The article…

Collaborative decision-making and shared responsibility across departments can be messy and time consuming. However, working collaboratively in a well-constructed cross-functional team (CFT) can create a culture of self-responsibility and accountability and improve institutional practices. The following paper will describe a successful model for…