The Synergistic Classroom: Interdisciplinary Teaching in the Small College Setting
Among the many challenges confronting the liberal arts today is a fundamental disconnect between the curricula that many institutions offer and the training that many students need. Discipline-specific models of teaching and learning can underprepare students for the kinds of interdisciplinary collaboration that employers now expect. Although aware of these expectations and the need for change, many small colleges and universities have struggled to translate interdisciplinarity into programs and curricula that better serve today’s students.

Written by faculty engaged in the design and delivery of interdisciplinary courses, programs, and experiential learning opportunities in the small college setting, The Synergistic Classroom addresses the many ways faculty can leverage their institutions' small size and openness to pedagogical experimentation to overcome the challenges of limited institutional resources and enrollment concerns and better prepare students for life and work in the twenty-first century. Taken together, the contributions in this volume invite reflection on a variety of important issues that attend the work of small college faculty committed to expanding student learning across disciplinary boundaries.
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The Synergistic Classroom: Interdisciplinary Teaching in the Small College Setting
Among the many challenges confronting the liberal arts today is a fundamental disconnect between the curricula that many institutions offer and the training that many students need. Discipline-specific models of teaching and learning can underprepare students for the kinds of interdisciplinary collaboration that employers now expect. Although aware of these expectations and the need for change, many small colleges and universities have struggled to translate interdisciplinarity into programs and curricula that better serve today’s students.

Written by faculty engaged in the design and delivery of interdisciplinary courses, programs, and experiential learning opportunities in the small college setting, The Synergistic Classroom addresses the many ways faculty can leverage their institutions' small size and openness to pedagogical experimentation to overcome the challenges of limited institutional resources and enrollment concerns and better prepare students for life and work in the twenty-first century. Taken together, the contributions in this volume invite reflection on a variety of important issues that attend the work of small college faculty committed to expanding student learning across disciplinary boundaries.
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The Synergistic Classroom: Interdisciplinary Teaching in the Small College Setting

The Synergistic Classroom: Interdisciplinary Teaching in the Small College Setting

The Synergistic Classroom: Interdisciplinary Teaching in the Small College Setting

The Synergistic Classroom: Interdisciplinary Teaching in the Small College Setting

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Among the many challenges confronting the liberal arts today is a fundamental disconnect between the curricula that many institutions offer and the training that many students need. Discipline-specific models of teaching and learning can underprepare students for the kinds of interdisciplinary collaboration that employers now expect. Although aware of these expectations and the need for change, many small colleges and universities have struggled to translate interdisciplinarity into programs and curricula that better serve today’s students.

Written by faculty engaged in the design and delivery of interdisciplinary courses, programs, and experiential learning opportunities in the small college setting, The Synergistic Classroom addresses the many ways faculty can leverage their institutions' small size and openness to pedagogical experimentation to overcome the challenges of limited institutional resources and enrollment concerns and better prepare students for life and work in the twenty-first century. Taken together, the contributions in this volume invite reflection on a variety of important issues that attend the work of small college faculty committed to expanding student learning across disciplinary boundaries.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781978818415
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Publication date: 10/16/2020
Pages: 232
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

COREY CAMPION is an associate professor of history and global studies and the director of the master of arts in humanities program at Hood College in Frederick, Maryland.

AARON ANGELLO is the Sophie. M. Libman NEH Professor of Humanities at Hood College in Frederick, Maryland.
 

Table of Contents

Introduction: Building Bridges in a Land of Colleges Corey Campion 1

Part I Teaching across the Disciplines

1 The Anxiety of Interdisciplinary Teaching Aaron Angello 15

2 Challenging the Discipline: First-Year Seminars and the Benefits of an interdisciplinary Model Paul D. Reich 24

3 More Than Just Another Core Class: The Interdisciplinary Composition Course Patricia Marchesi 36

4 Breaking Boundaries: Reflections on an Interdisciplinary Course on Race and Graphic Narrative Patrick L. Hamilton Allan W. Austin 48

5 Interdisciplinary Interactivity: Team-Teaching App Design at a Small College Christine Dehne Jonathan Munson 59

6 Honeybees and the Transdisciplinary Classroom: Bridging the Gaps between History, Environmental Science, and Global Studies Corey Campion April M. Boulton 71

Part II Programming across the Disciplines

7 Learning, Leading, and Succeeding: Collaborative Culture and Experiential Interdisciplinary Studies at Nichols College Erika Cornelius Smith Maryann Conrad 87

8 Why Can't It Be Both?: Supporting Students across the Spectrum of Abilities and Ambitions Julia F. Klimek 100

9 From Chemistry to History to Psychology: Creating a Multidisciplinary Minor in Investigative Forensics Christine D. Myers Audra L. Goach 111

10 Creating a "Space of Appearance" through the Rollins Foundations in the Liberal Arts Program Hilary Cooperman 123

11 Flipping the Humanities Back into Mathematics Winston Ou 134

12 Arts in the Laboratory: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Honors Education in a Small College Setting Lana A. Whited Sharon E. Stein 147

Part III Exploring across the Disciplines

13 Science and Cultural Competence: Incorporating Hispanic Migrants' Knowledge and Experience in the Spanish Curriculum Martha Bárcenas-Mooradian 163

14 Authenticity and Empathy in Education: Team-Teaching "The Voices Project: Mental Health" Amanda M. Caleb Alicia H. Nordstrom 176

15 Experiential Learning in the Rural, Small College Setting: Creating an "Appalachian Cluster" Tina L. Hanlon Peter Crow Susan V. Mead Carolyn L. Thomas Delia R. Heck 189

16 "Hold My Piña Colada": Operational and Ethical Considerations for Interdisciplinary Experiential Learning Study Abroad Paola Prado Autumn Quezada-Grant 201

Notes on Contributors 215

Index 219

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