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Interdisciplinary Teaching: Enhancing Learning in Solo and Team Settings

Explore the benefits and challenges of interdisciplinary teaching, including teaching concepts from other disciplines, co-teaching, and linked courses. Discover strategies for promoting novice versus expert thinking and effective team teaching. Learn about the importance of mutual respect, agreement on goals, and collecting meaningful data. Gain insights on promoting a growth mindset and designing interdisciplinary assessments. Access resources and create an action plan to implement interdisciplinary teaching successfully.

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Interdisciplinary Teaching: Enhancing Learning in Solo and Team Settings

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  1. Does it take two to tango?Interdisciplinary teaching solo and in teams Lisa Gilbert, Williams College Catherine Riihimaki, Princeton University

  2. Different models Easier logistics? • Teach concepts/content from other disciplines yourself • Have guest lecturers • Co-teach a course • Have linked courses (concurrent or sequential) More sophisticated?

  3. Novice versus Expert Thinking • Be careful not to inject your own novice thinking or misconceptions • Solution: recruit other instructors • Solution: discuss content with experts • Recognize expertise of the students in the room • Solution: have students take lead on topics in their disciplines • Solution: jigsaw or similar activities that break problem into parts, possibly by discipline

  4. Keys to team-teaching, #1 • It’s not just about having a good teaching idea: you need to work together as colleagues • Respect: Mutual respect is key • Agreement: Agree on goals of course, type of assessment, grading and feedback, logistics, class style • Data: Collect meaningful data so you can be objective about how your course is going • Mindset: Recognize fixed-mindset reactions

  5. Fixed versus Growth Mindset • Fixed: “good educators are born” • Growth: “good educators develop” See Carol Dweck’s research Good teacher coaching = Instructional Vision * Quality of feedback * (1-Fixed Mindset) From Match Education If an instructor believes that they cannot improve their teaching, they will not change their teaching. * I know you’re not a teacher coach, so tread carefully!

  6. Keys to team-teaching, #2 • Avoid adding unnecessary degrees of difficulty: content is important but so are student and instructor experiences • Team: Keep teaching team a manageable size, with support for all and clear roles • Motivations: Recognize incentives of colleagues and of students • Guests: Communicate with guest lecturers early and in detail

  7. Designing interdisciplinary assessments • Design early, and with co-instructors • Link to goals • List explicit expectations for integration • Depending on students, may need to teach and assess skills (e.g., working together)

  8. Resources for getting started • Start with a Grand Challenge or Question • InTeGrate Materials http://serc.carleton.edu/integrate/teaching_materials/modules_courses.html • Interdisciplinary Approaches to Teaching http://serc.carleton.edu/sp/library/interdisciplinary/index.html

  9. Action Plan • Overarching goal (topic or skill) • Type of interdisciplinary teaching, with rationale • Assessments and activities (formative and summative) • Topics or skills to achieve the goal • Challenges and ideas to address those challenges

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