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Raymond Boon Tar Lim; Claire Gek Ling Tan; Kelly Voo; Yock Leng Lee; Cecilia Woon Chien Teng – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2025
Interdisciplinary teaching is vital for equipping students to address complex public health challenges. This study explores teachers' reflections on interdisciplinary teaching in Singapore's undergraduate public health programmes, examining facilitators and barriers to its implementation. Using surveys and in-depth interviews, we gathered diverse…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Teaching Methods, Public Health, Health Education
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van Goch, Merel; Lutz, Christel – Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Education, 2023
Many higher education institutions have put interdisciplinary teaching and learning high on their agenda. We know students learn a lot from interdisciplinary education, and we know scholars learn from their educational scholarship, but what do scholars learn from engaging in interdisciplinary education? I interviewed seven mid-career scholars…
Descriptors: Universities, Interdisciplinary Approach, College Faculty, Teaching Methods
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Seshadri Reddy Varikasuvu; Lavanya Ranvee; Saurabh Varshney; Himel Mondal – Advances in Physiology Education, 2024
Competency-based physiology and biochemistry education can benefit from the creative integration of imaginative narratives into traditional teaching methods. This paper proposes an innovative model using a pen and palm analogy to visualize enzyme function theories. The pen (substrate) must fit snugly into the palm (enzyme's active site) for…
Descriptors: College Students, Physiology, Biochemistry, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Kendall J. Faulkner; Tiffanie L. Ford-Baxter – College Teaching, 2024
Information literacy (IL) is generally accepted as an important learning competency in undergraduate education and is directly and indirectly mentioned in many national accrediting bodies' standards. While information literacy has been seen as the sole domain of librarians, research shows that disciplinary faculty believe it is important and teach…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Information Skills, Teaching Methods, Public Colleges
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Holflod, Kim – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2023
The literature review examines collaboration across disciplinary and professional boundaries within playful learning in higher education. This objective is motivated by expanding the research literature on characteristics, potentials, and challenges in the intersections between boundary-crossing collaboration, playful learning, and higher…
Descriptors: Play, Teaching Methods, Interdisciplinary Approach, Literature Reviews
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Selma Zaiane-Ghalia; Lamine Kamano; Takam Djambong – Journal of Museum Education, 2024
This paper presents the results of a collaborative study highlighting the pedagogical approaches used by faculty during visits to the Musée acadien de l'Université de Moncton (MAUM). This qualitative-based study was conducted with a sample of nine participants representing various disciplines from three major faculties. Thematic analysis revealed…
Descriptors: Museums, Foreign Countries, Educational Facilities, Teaching Methods
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Dennis J. Downey; J. Brooke Ernest – Teaching Sociology, 2024
We report on a cross-disciplinary collaboration between sociology and mathematics education to more effectively cultivate quantitative literacy (QL) in the introductory sociology course. Focusing on an instructional unit presenting the Gini coefficient (the most commonly used summary measure of income inequality), we engaged in iterative cycles of…
Descriptors: Numeracy, College Faculty, Undergraduate Students, Sociology
Jeremy Dennis – ProQuest LLC, 2023
In adult education, the term "interdisciplinarity" is often treated as an agent for transforming teaching, learning, and research. This appreciation of the concept proliferates despite the fact that its actualization often supports competing interpretations and practices. Many adult educators are unaware of the distinctions made among…
Descriptors: Postmodernism, Adult Education, Educational Philosophy, Educational Practices
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Kaustavi Sarkar – Journal of Dance Education, 2024
As an artist/academic, I discuss my pedagogical interventions in teaching Odissi through studio, theory, and praxis courses to populations across university students and professional artists. Through interdisciplinary research, I work at the confluence of historical and contemporary forces. Casteist, fundamentalist, racist, sexist, ablist, and…
Descriptors: Artists, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Malcarne, Brian K.; Sauder, Molly Hayes; Becker, Fred – Schole: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education, 2023
The purpose of this article is to discuss the You-Pick-5: 1-Experience, 1-Slide, 1-Minute learning strategy, which draws from the concepts of co-curricular involvement, classroom engagement, and transferable skills. This learning strategy is unique in that it blends academic concepts with student-selected co-curricular activities and intentionally…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Learning Experience, Class Activities, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Cruz, Laura; Mallinson, Daniel J.; Emery, James P.; Illingworth, William; Cruz, Clare – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2022
This article engages with the unsettled question of whether student response systems increase engagement in the classroom. The reported study used a multi-classroom, multi-disciplinary pilot deployment of the app-based student engagement platform Nearpod to test whether greater use of the technology yields greater student engagement. The study…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Interdisciplinary Approach, Handheld Devices, Educational Technology
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Judith Canner; Jennifer E. Clinkenbeard – Numeracy, 2024
The idea of "threshold concepts" has been used to identify discipline-based concepts that are critical to that academic area. Threshold concepts are often difficult for students to assimilate in a meaningful way but, once done, can be powerful for the learner. In general, threshold concepts are 1) transformative to learner thinking; 2)…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Comparative Analysis, Interdisciplinary Approach, Thinking Skills
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Lauren Osborn; Wyatt Hoback; Aimee Parkison; Doug Golick – NACTA Journal, 2023
Science and art are intrinsically linked. Science requires curiosity, along with skills in observation, problem-solving, and critical thinking. Art is no different; however, the two disciplines are typically presented as opposites to children at a young age and the emphasis on differences lead to a false dichotomy of career paths and even…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Entomology, STEM Education, Art Education
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Katie A. McCarthy; Gregory A. Kuhlemeyer – Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education, 2024
To meet the demands of industry, undergraduate business curricula must evolve to prepare analytics-enabled professionals in fields such as finance, accounting, human resource management, and marketing. In this article, we provide a case study of developing a rigorous, integrated finance and data analytics course that was delivered using a…
Descriptors: Statistics Education, Finance Occupations, Course Content, Teaching Methods
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Nisaa Kirtman; Cary Smith; Teresa Demeritte; Debra Divinity; Vida Amouzandeh; Jo Anne Fordham; Mehri Fadavi – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2024
Evidence-based pedagogies to improve student success in STEM disciplines are now recognized, but their successful incorporation can be hampered by faculty wariness of novel pedagogical research. To support these pedagogies' effective implementation, a research team at a southeastern Historically Black College and University (HBCU) provided its…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, STEM Education, College Faculty, Teaching Methods
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