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Critical Thinking in the Making: Students' Critical Thinking Practices in a Multifaceted SSI Project
Stein Dankert Kolstø; Vegard Havre Paulsen Paulsen; Idar Mestad – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2024
Students' critical thinking is often researched using quantitative tests designed to measure critical thinking. In contrast, this study qualitatively analyses group and whole-class dialogues in an interdisciplinary SSI project by focusing on students' critical thinking practices. As such, the study provides an in-depth example of an immersion…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Science and Society, Climate, Middle School Students
Roberts, Grady; Hilliard, Cacee; Calixte, Christelle – Journal of Research in Technical Careers, 2018
Tomorrow's agricultural workforce will face challenges in the form of complex problems that transcend disciplinary boundaries, including food security. Addressing these complex issues requires professionals to work within and across disciplines in ways that may not have been required in previous generations. Teaching using an interdisciplinary…
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Attitudes, Student Reaction, Interdisciplinary Approach
Ebersole, Tela M.; Kelty-Stephen, Damian G. – Psychology Learning and Teaching, 2017
This article outlines the theoretical rationale and process for an integrated-science approach to teaching sensation and perception (S&P) to undergraduate psychology students that may also serve as an integrated-science curriculum. The course aimed to introduce the interdisciplinary evolution of this psychological field irrespective of any…
Descriptors: Psychology, Interdisciplinary Approach, Perception, Undergraduate Students
Rosenstein, Alvin; Sweeney, Catherine; Gupta, Rakesh – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2012
An on-line survey was conducted among a university's department chairs in an effort to gain perspective on university-wide use of Experiential Learning (EL). While there were differences in cross-disciplinary definitions and perspectives regarding EL, ninety-one per cent of 35 department chairs indicated their department made use of EL with…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Teacher Attitudes, Online Surveys, Interdisciplinary Approach
Friedman, Daniela B.; Crews, Tena B.; Caicedo, Juan M.; Besley, John C.; Weinberg, Justin; Freeman, Miriam L. – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2010
This manuscript describes faculty and student experiences and future activities of a multidisciplinary group of university faculty who are implementing inquiry-based learning (IBL) in their classrooms for the first time. This opportunity to implement the IBL instructional method was provided to the faculty through a grant from the university's…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Public Health, Inquiry, Active Learning

Phillips, Michael D. – Interdisciplinary Humanities, 1995
Summarizes an interdisciplinary course that uses humanities resources to illuminate social science concepts related to nationalism and multiculturalism. Combined fiction and nonfiction sources to discuss the determining factors of national and personal identity. Includes relevant examples, as well as a list of required texts, and student projects.…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Global Approach, Higher Education, Humanities

Laz, Cheryl – Teaching Sociology, 1996
Focuses on the uses of science fiction to teach sociology and develop critical and creative thinking. Maintains that in the last 20 years science fiction has become concerned increasingly with social themes. Concludes with a detailed description of the use of "The Handmaid's Tale" in an introductory sociology course. (MJP)
Descriptors: Creative Teaching, Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking, Fundamental Concepts

Clare, Lindsay; And Others – Journal of Moral Education, 1996
Outlines a working model of the 10 elements that make up the teaching method, "instructional conversation." Profiles the use of this method to teach moral education and reading comprehension to an elementary class making the transition from Spanish-reading instruction to English. (MJP)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Educational Research, Educational Theories
Association of American Colleges, Washington, DC. Project on the Status and Education of Women. – 1977
An overview of the state of the art of women's studies covers a number of topics: the history of women's studies, a definition of them, types of programs and courses available, interdisciplinary programs, factors in establishing a program, teaching techniques, the effects of women's studies on students, and women's resource centers as a community…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Courses, Educational Benefits, Educational Programs
Scher, Linda, Ed. – 1974
OPT, a newsletter consisting of a student and a teacher edition, is published monthly during the school year. Emphasis is upon presenting information and materials on current topics of interest for junior and senior high school students. The periodical, announced here on a one time basis, is unique for the following reasons: 1) it is an…
Descriptors: Career Education, Current Events, Futures (of Society), Holography

Palmini, Dennis J. – Journal of Economic Education, 1996
Examines several important principles of writing (e.g., different approaches for different audiences) and applies these to economics and business education. Discusses approaches to teaching writing in this context. Includes a rhetorical case assignment, teaching tips, and discussion of students' reactions to this approach. (MJP)
Descriptors: Business Education, Case Studies, Economics Education, Higher Education
Pollio, Howard R. – Teaching Learning Issues, 1996
This paper first evaluates discipline classification schemes and general differences between disciplines associated with the natural sciences and those associated with the humanities. It then reviews research which either asked students how professors in these fields teach, observed teachers in their classrooms, or asked students to describe their…
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Style, College Faculty, Grading

Hopkins, Shannon; Kammer, Gregory – 1992
In fall 1991 and spring 1992, an interdisciplinary art-and-writing collaborative project was initiated by an English instructor at Yakima Valley Community College (YVCC) and a graphics instructor at Everett Community College (ECC), both in Washington State. The project involved a graphics art class at ECC and a writing class from YVCC, pairing…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Audience Awareness, Audience Response
Pedigo, Joyce – 1986
This manual describes 18 music-based activities and suggested variations designed for classroom teachers (with little or no musical training) to teach profoundly disabled students more consistent and advanced levels of responding to their environment. Brief suggestions are presented for teacher behaviors, structure of turn-taking, and classroom…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Attention Control, Educational Games, Elementary Secondary Education
Moore, Betty Jane; Silverman, Sherman E. – 1980
Since Spring 1969, Prince George's Community College (Maryland) has offered a team-taught, interdisciplinary course incorporating economics, geography, and political science in an introduction to social science for technical education students. As the course was originally designed, each of the instructors of the three disciplines was given a…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Course Evaluation, Course Organization, Discussion (Teaching Technique)