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Monson, Renee A.; Kenyon, Kristy L. – Issues in Interdisciplinary Studies, 2018
Interdisciplinary undergraduate programs have grown dramatically in recent decades, but they are vulnerable to cuts given various stakeholders' calls for greater accountability in higher education. Assessing the outcomes of interdisciplinary majors presents an array of challenges, including how to describe and categorize patterned variation in the…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Majors (Students), General Education, Liberal Arts
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Agnew, Deborah; Pill, Shane; Orrell, Janice – Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education, 2017
This paper applies a conceptual model for work-integrated learning (WIL) in a multidisciplinary sports degree program. Two examples of WIL in sport will be used to illustrate how the conceptual WIL model is being operationalized. The implications for practice are that curriculum design must recognize a highly flexible approach to the nature of…
Descriptors: Field Experience Programs, Athletics, Interdisciplinary Approach, Models
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Najafi, Hadieh; Rolheiser, Carol; Håklev, Stian; Harrison, Laurie – Teaching & Learning Inquiry, 2017
Given that few studies have formally examined pedagogical design considerations of Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs), this study explored variations in the pedagogical design of six MOOCs offered at the University of Toronto, while considering disciplinary characteristics and expectations of each MOOC. Using a framework (Neumann et al., 2002)…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Online Courses, Comparative Analysis
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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
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Foster, Jamye; Yaoyuneyong, Gallayanee – Higher Education Pedagogies, 2016
Business students beginning their careers find that they must innovate to solve nebulous problems, work in interdisciplinary groups and environments, and effectively communicate their knowledge to colleagues and clients with diverse backgrounds. Addressing this, researchers devised a flipped classroom cross-disciplinary (CD) client-based project…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Business Skills, Innovation, Interdisciplinary Approach
Vincent, Shirley Gayle – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Scope and method of study: The study is national in scope, exploratory, and utilized a combination of qualitative and quantitative social science methods. Findings and conclusions: Interdisciplinary environmental (IE) programs in higher education in the United States are both diverse and dynamic in their curriculum designs. Though these…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Environmental Education, College Programs, Curriculum Design
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Peterson, R. P. – Science Education, 1972
Advocates the training of environmental generalists'' in an experience-based interdisciplinary program. Environmental generalists'' are needed for managing the environmental parameters in both the long and short term. (AL)
Descriptors: College Programs, Curriculum Design, Environmental Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Veigel, Jon M. – Liberal Education, 1975
The variety of approaches to environmental education are discussed from the standpoint of the environmental education student (the non-science student, the environmentalist, the interdisciplinary approach, the generalist, and the graduate) and from the standpoint of the university (the degree, faculty, courses, and program orientation). (JT)
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Programs, Courses, Curriculum Design
Crase, Darrell – 1982
Concerns regarding death education and its quest for professional maturity are considered. The following issues are addressed: teacher preparation and quality control, student outcomes, course content, consumer acceptance, and research/assessment. Questions pertaining to teachers include whether they have specialized skills to teach death…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, College Programs, Course Content, Curriculum Design
Teichler, Ulrich – 1981
The process of institutionalizing off-campus work experience at the Comprehensive University of Kassel, West Germany, is described. The concepts of the comprehensive university and curricular reform in the Federal Republic of Germany are also addressed. The comprehensive university unites the tasks of research, teaching, and study that previously…
Descriptors: Career Education, College Programs, Cooperative Education, Cooperative Programs