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Carrell, John D.; Weiner, Robert G. – Honors in Practice, 2023
Engineering and pop-culturist instructors team-teach a first-year experience course exploring science through the lenses of history, literature, film, television, and sequential art. Authors present science fiction discourses as unique for synthesizing fields in the humanities and STEM, and they present curricular and co-curricular design…
Descriptors: Science Education, Science Fiction, Interdisciplinary Approach, First Year Seminars
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Carlin, Laurence; Alberts, Heike – Honors in Practice, 2021
This study presents perceived advantages of thematic, team-taught interdisciplinary seminars for first-year honors students. Two student cohorts (n = 174) surveyed in two subsequent years (2018, 2019) weigh in on the challenges and benefits of different team-teaching models. Three first-semester offerings on the themes "Food,"…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Team Teaching, Honors Curriculum, First Year Seminars
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Chaney, Beth H.; Christensen, Tim W.; Crawford, Alleah; Ford, Katherine; Godwin, W. Wayne; Weckesser, Gerald; Fraley, Todd; Little, Phoenix – Honors in Practice, 2020
Honors colleges aim to provide unique first-year experiences that promote life skills and emphasize process over product in an interdisciplinary setting that builds community. A two-semester, five-semester-hour course sequence with colloquia tackles these challenges by introducing an entrepreneurial mindset that pushes students toward innovative…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Honors Curriculum, Design, Thinking Skills