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Oremland, Lucy S.; Szabo, Csilla – PRIMUS, 2022
In this paper, we present an overview of a series of 1-credit applied problem solving courses. The goal of these courses was to help students develop their oral and written communication skills, ability to work as a team, and general problem solving skills through preparation and participation in the Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM) and…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Problem Solving, Active Learning, Student Projects
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Rank, Allison D.; Mushtare, Rebecca; Tylock, Angela R.; Huynh, Christy – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2019
During the 2016 election season, the authors--a collection of staff, faculty, and students at a rural, four-year comprehensive college--piloted a new format for a student-driven, campus-wide, nonpartisan voter mobilization campaign anchored in a political science course and supported by a credit-bearing internship and advanced graphic design…
Descriptors: Voting, Interdisciplinary Approach, Service Learning, Program Implementation
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DuBois, Bryce; Krasny, Marianne E.; Russ, Alex – Environmental Education Research, 2019
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) offer opportunities for professional development of environmental educators globally, yet we lack understanding of participants™ cognitive and social learning processes and of how instructors can enhance these processes. Based on the Community of Inquiry framework, we used a survey and coded participant…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Environmental Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Teaching Methods
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Ohlberg, Jason – Journal of Dance Education, 2020
As a dance practitioner in education, Jason Ohlberg is interested in how artistic inquiry through interdisciplinary, student-centered processes can engage dancers beyond traditional choreographic practices and offer deeper contexts for learning and growth. The research described in this article began through an inter-institutional initiative,…
Descriptors: Dance Education, Undergraduate Students, Museums, Advocacy
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Pecorella, Robert F. – Issues in Interdisciplinary Studies, 2016
This article reports on the efforts of a political science professor teaching a multidisciplinary course focused on New York City to develop an interdisciplinary class project designed to lead students to an appreciation of the immigrant experience in the United States "From Ellis Island to JFK" (Foner, 2000). The particular…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Immigrants, Novels, Acculturation
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Saint-Louis, Nicole; Seth, Naveen; Fuller, Karla Smith – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2015
This article explores the design and implementation of the curriculum for City Seminar, an integrated course in the first-year experience at a new community college. This interdisciplinary course focuses on a critical issue that provides content and context for quantitative reasoning (QR), reading, and writing (RW) to strengthen students'…
Descriptors: Integrated Curriculum, Community Colleges, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Implementation
Aspen Institute, 2018
Ideal for faculty and administrators looking to blend business education and the liberal arts, this toolkit combines exemplary syllabi from 26 leading institutions with step-by-step strategies to advocate successfully for curricular innovation. Conceived with comprehensiveness in mind, these resources cover both inspiration and implementation for…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Business Administration Education, Humanities, Liberal Arts
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Abrahamse, Augusta; Johnson, Mathew; Levinson, Nanette; Medsker, Larry; Pearce, Joshua M.; Quiroga, Carla; Scipione, Ruth – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2015
Increasingly, international competence is considered an important skill to be acquired from an undergraduate education. Because international exchange presents a challenge to many students, there is a need to develop and implement alternative means for incorporating international and cross-cultural experiences into the undergraduate classroom. We…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Interdisciplinary Approach, Rural Areas, Undergraduate Students
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Inwood, Hilary J.; Taylor, Ryan W. – International Electronic Journal of Environmental Education, 2012
Environmental art education is growing in popularity in college and university programs as the arts begin to play a more prominent role in environmental and sustainability education. As this emerging field of study is an interdisciplinary endeavor that draws from the more established fields of visual art education and environmental education,…
Descriptors: Creative Teaching, Environmental Education, Curriculum Development, Teaching Methods
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Cohen, Nevin – Innovative Higher Education, 2010
This article demonstrates the educational value of an undergraduate course that integrates design and the liberal arts to teach about ecological systems, using study of the university campus as the means to connect theory and practice. It presents the curricular goals, objectives, results, and lessons learned from a qualitative case study of a…
Descriptors: Liberal Arts, Environmental Education, Ecology, Theory Practice Relationship
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Asher, Rikki – Forum on Public Policy Online, 2007
Art can be used to enrich the subject of science and science can be used to motivate study in art. This can stimulate new ways to regard the relationship of art and science in classrooms. Theoretical and practical examples will highlight: early and contemporary artists who developed ideas about art forms in nature; the impact an Aesthetics and…
Descriptors: Aesthetics, Secondary School Curriculum, Imagination, Art Education
Burns, Charles A., Ed. – 1977
Twenty articles describing innovative courses and teaching methods are included in this first annual collection. Techniques for English courses are described in four articles covering the uses of media, the tutorial approach, teaching the art of questioning, and using the steps of film production as analogy in writing instruction. Two articles…
Descriptors: Accounting, Art History, Biology, Community Colleges