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JoAnn S. Lee; Michael Wolf-Branigin – Journal of Social Work Education, 2023
The Grand Challenges for Social Work were introduced by the American Academy for Social Work & Social Welfare in 2016, which are social problems that are interrelated and "exceedingly complex". We discuss the relevance of complexity theory, operationalized by complex adaptive systems (CAS), to the Grand Challenges. CAS moves beyond…
Descriptors: Social Work, Social Problems, Counselor Training, Curriculum Development
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Marcus Bussey – International Dialogues on Education, 2022
This essay explores the broader implications for education of the COVID-19 pandemic. It asks: What can COVID teach us? The case is made that COVID is inviting us to consider a relational universe, and what a pedagogy of presence would look like. It takes a futures perspective and is therefore, unabashedly speculative. It draws on the author's many…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Educational Practices, Responses
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Knobloch, Neil A.; Charoenmuang, Mingla; Cooperstone, Jessica L.; Patil, Bhimanagouda S. – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2020
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe faculty and graduate students' motivation and learning experiences in a multi-institutional, interdisciplinary graduate course focused on the nexus of food and nutritional security, hunger, and sustainability. Design/Methodology/Approach: A one-group pre-experimental case study design was used.…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Graduate Students, Food, Hunger
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Sellers, Kathleen M. – Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 2023
In June 2019, the Vatican published its first-ever document on gender theory. This document was directed at Catholic educational institutions and draws on theology and philosophy, while excluding science on gender identity and testimonies from transgender people, to suggest gender theory is an ideology endangering the family. The case of Jane, a…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Gender Differences, Communities of Practice, Catholics
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Abzug, Rikki; Adewale, Adeyinka; André, Rae; Derfus, Pamela; Hedges, Peggy; Shymko, Yuliya – Journal of Management Education, 2020
The Walls Project encourages educators to broaden management teaching beyond individual and organizational variables and outcomes to systemic variables and outcomes. Its focus is on discovering independent variables that have social and environmental impacts and are currently neglected. Founded by six individuals who met at a RMLE UnConference in…
Descriptors: Management Development, Program Descriptions, Meetings, Teaching Methods
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Smith, John A. – Policy Futures in Education, 2013
This article argues that Education Studies needs to develop its existing interdisciplinarity understanding of structures and agencies by giving greater attention to the modern process theories of self-organisation in the physical, biological, psychological and social sciences, sometimes given the umbrella term "complexity theory". The…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Systems Approach, Social Theories, Evolution
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Tang, Ying; Head, L. M.; Ramachandran, R. P.; Chatman, L. M. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2011
The rapid evolution of System-on-Chip (SoC) challenges academic curricula to keep pace with multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary system thinking. This paper presents a curricular prototype that cuts across artificial course boundaries and provides a meaningful exploration of diverse facets of SoC design. Specifically, experimental contents of a…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Design, Electronics, Systems Approach
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Silver, Ivan L.; Leslie, Karen – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2009
This article proposes a framework for faculty development in continuing interprofessional education (CIPE) and collaborative practice. The framework is built on best practices in faculty development and CIPE. It was informed by local experience in the development, delivery, and evaluation of a faculty development program to promote capacity for…
Descriptors: Professional Continuing Education, Interprofessional Relationship, Interdisciplinary Approach, Faculty Development
Laster, Stephen – Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 2010
Developing and delivering curricula that are integrated and that use blended learning techniques requires a highly orchestrated design. While institutions have demonstrated the ability to design complex curricula on an ad-hoc basis, these projects are generally successful at a great human and capital cost. Model-driven design provides a…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Innovation, Teaching Methods, Blended Learning
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Barak, M.; Williams, P. – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2007
An important objective of science and technology education is the development of pupils' capacity for systems thinking. While in science education the term system relates mainly to structures and phenomena in the natural world, technology education focuses on systems designed to fulfill people's needs and desires: examples include systems to…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Technology Education, Systems Approach, Systems Development
Gregg, Lucius P. – Engineering Education, 1971
Descriptors: College Science, Curriculum Development, Design, Engineering Education
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Cotter, Maury – About Campus, 1998
Claims that curriculum planning and effective advising will help students develop intellectual connections across their individual courses and thus enhance their college experience. Explains how nine colleges now use interdisciplinary teaching to improve their engineering programs by making connections across department boundaries, college…
Descriptors: Colleges, Curriculum Development, Educational Cooperation, Engineering Education
Salisbury, David F. – Educational Technology, 1989
Describes basic concepts in the field of general systems theory (GST) and explains the relationship between instructional systems design (ISD) and GST. Benefits of integrating GST into the curriculum of ISD graduate programs are discussed, and a short bibliography on GST is included. (LRW)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Graduate Students, Higher Education, Instructional Design
Tuckman, Bruce W. – 1970
In 2 years of activity the Study of Curriculums for Occupational Preparation and Education (SCOPE) has moved in the direction of systematic, interdisciplinary, self-improving curriculum development. A major product of this phase of the study is a three-dimensional (domain-process-object) taxonomy covering the perceptual, cognitive, affective, and…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Classification, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
Grimes, Richard M.; And Others – 1968
This report presents a health education curriculum designed to train professionals to function in the combined capacity of community and school health educators. A systems approach is utilized and it is suggested that the components of the program include recruitment, guidance, education, and placement of the students. The curriculum was the first…
Descriptors: Community Education, Curriculum Development, Health Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
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