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Newell, William H.; Arvidson, P. Sven – Issues in Interdisciplinary Studies, 2018
This article features a conversation on the occasion of a May 2018 "Festschrift" in "Issues in Interdisciplinary Studies" to honor the work of William Newell, between Newell and P. Sven Arvidson. William Newell is Emeritus Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at Miami University, where he taught interdisciplinary courses full…
Descriptors: Integrity, Interdisciplinary Approach, Liberal Arts, Humanities
R. Jason Lynch Ed.; Charmion B. Rush Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2024
U.S. colleges and universities are rapidly diversifying. In 2018, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated that nearly half of undergraduate students were of non-white racial identities, with that number only increasing for future generations. This increase in diversity holds true for many other identity groups. Yet, faculty demographics remain…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Educational Environment, Postsecondary Education, Student Diversity
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Faulconer, E. K.; Wood, B.; Griffith, J. C. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2020
The "Next Generation Science Standards" and other educational reforms support the formation of deep connections across the STEM disciplines. Integrated STEM is considered as a best practice by the educational communities of the disparate disciplines. However, the integration of non-STEM disciplines is understudied and generally limited…
Descriptors: Humanities, Interdisciplinary Approach, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods
OECD Publishing, 2017
This report presents evidence-based analysis on Ireland's higher education transformation process towards an innovative, interconnected and multidisciplinary entrepreneurial system, designed to empower its students and staff to demonstrate enterprise, innovation and creativity in teaching, research and societal engagement. Using the OECD-European…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Entrepreneurship, Educational Innovation, Higher Education
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Rusudan Makhachashvili; Ivan Semenist – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2022
The global quarantine measures and restrictions have posed a challenge to the structure and procedure of university summative assessment process. Foreign Languages Acquisition and Linguistic Education assessment are interdisciplinary processes, informed by the nature of linguistic content and types of communicative and professional activities…
Descriptors: Vignettes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
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Buckley, Lynn; Martin, Shirley; Curtin, Margaret – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2020
This paper explores the processes involved in developing, embedding and sustaining an ECCE practitioner capacity building programme in the community through an interagency approach, which utilises mentoring and coaching strategies for increased knowledge and skills uptake. There is now conclusive international evidence that early childhood care…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Improvement, Capacity Building, Child Development
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Riggio, Ronald E. – Journal of Leadership Education, 2013
The best way to describe the current status of Leadership Studies is that it is an "emerging discipline." Few universities have departments, or even programs, in Leadership, and those that do exist usually have a modifier (e.g., "'Organizational' Leadership," "'Educational' Leadership"), so we are, at best, emerging…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Leadership, Intellectual Disciplines, Universities
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Brekke, John S. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2014
There are two purposes to this article. The first is to update the science of social work framework. The second is to use recent discussions on the nature of realist science and on social work science to propose a definition of social work as an integrative scientific discipline that complements its definition as a profession.
Descriptors: Social Work, Scientific Enterprise, Interdisciplinary Approach, Definitions
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Kane, Kevin M. – Journal of Dance Education, 2013
The idea of "best practices" in the performing arts is introduced as a set of progressive educational values and pedagogical strategies that attempt to not only train youth in the performing arts, but also to be transformative. This article builds on the work of educational reformer John Dewey to describe progressive performing arts…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Performance, Best Practices, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Van Wylen, David G. L.; Abdella, Beth R. J.; Dickinson, Shelly D.; Engbrecht, Jason J.; Vandiver, Rebecca – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2013
Twenty-first-century biology is inherently interdisciplinary. Every aspect of biology, from molecules to organisms to ecosystems, is richly informed by the physical, mathematical, and computational sciences. It is both an exciting and daunting time for biology educators--exciting because of the vast opportunity for important new discoveries that…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Biology, Unified Studies Curriculum, Case Studies
Alexander, B.; Adams Becker, S.; Cummins, M.; Hall Giesinger, C. – New Media Consortium, 2017
"Digital Literacy in Higher Education, Part II: An NMC Horizon Project Strategic Brief" is a follow-up to the 2016 strategic brief, supported by Adobe, which explored an increasingly pressing challenge for United States higher education institutions: advancing digital literacy among students and faculty. This second edition aims to…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Technological Literacy, Instructional Leadership, Best Practices
Blazer, Christie – Research Services, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2018
Researchers have found that middle school students undergo developmental changes that require unique educational structures and support. As a result, experts have suggested a number of specific strategies for organizing middle schools in order to best meet students' needs. This Information Capsule summarizes middle school redesign initiatives that…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Middle School Students, Educational Environment, Educational Change
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Ford, Julie Dyke – Composition Forum, 2012
This program profile describes a new approach towards integrating communication within Mechanical Engineering curricula. The author, who holds a joint appointment between Technical Communication and Mechanical Engineering at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, has been collaborating with Mechanical Engineering colleagues to establish a…
Descriptors: Profiles, Interdisciplinary Approach, Engineering Education, Speech Communication
Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2015
Superintendents and principals can have a positive and decisive impact on student achievement and higher graduation rates. Their essential leadership can illuminate the path to excellence for faculty and students. In upgrading curriculum and instruction, school leaders need to keep abreast of practices proven effective in other districts and…
Descriptors: High Schools, Best Practices, High Achievement, Graduation Rate
Dolgon, Corey, Ed.; Mitchell, Tania D., Ed.; Eatman, Timothy K., Ed. – Cambridge University Press, 2017
With contributions from leading experts across disciplinary fields, this book explores best practices from the field's most notable researchers, as well as important historically based and politically focused challenges to a field whose impact has reached an important crossroads. The comprehensive and powerfully critical analysis considers the…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Best Practices, Teaching Methods, Educational Practices
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