Creating Interdisciplinary and Collaborative Classrooms Freewrite What is interdisciplinarity Why should we do it What are the benefits Challenges Ice Breaker Introduce yourself to a neighbor from a different discipline ID: 648000
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GradSTEP 2011John Morrell
Creating Interdisciplinary and Collaborative ClassroomsSlide2
Freewrite
What is
interdisciplinarity
?
Why should we do it?
What are the benefits? Challenges?Slide3
Ice Breaker
Introduce yourself to a neighbor from a different discipline.
Share your ideas about
interdisciplinarity
. How
could your particular disciplines inform each other?
on specific topics?
in terms of pedagogical practices?Slide4
Group Work
With your partner, arrange yourselves in groups of
# to
share ideas. What possibilities do you find most inspiring? What strategies can you imagine for dealing with the challenges of interdisciplinary teaching?Slide5
Cooperative Learning
Promotes positive interdependence
Product/goal interdependence
Reward interdependence
Resource interdependence
Role
interdependence
Promotes
active learning.Slide6
Strategy: Expert Guests
Guest speakers extend the boundaries of the classroom, helping students to see the course as a part of a larger network of ideas and conversations.
The expert’s visit presents an external motivation for students to engage with readings and assignments.
Careful planning can help to ensure that guest contributions will enhance student learning.
Let guests know ahead of time the topic of the course and how their visits fit with the themes of the class.
Assign students to submit questions in the expert’s area of interest.
Avoid presentations; invite the expert to class to participate in an interview instead.
Consider inviting guests with opposing views. Slide7
Strategy: Student Generated Questions
Write a question
Instead of asking, “are their any questions?”, have students write down 1 – 3 questions. Instead of answering the questions, have other students try to answer first.
Exam questions
Alone, in pairs, or in groups of 3, have students write exam questions about the material covered in class.
Minute Papers
Most important point, remaining questionSlide8
Strategy: Students as teachers
Make students responsible for leading discussion.
Presentations, on both core concepts and relevant issues.Slide9
Strategy: Think, Pair, ShareSlide10
Strategy: Jigsaw
Promotes
group-work
accountability.
1111, 2222, 3333, 4444
1234, 1234, 1234, 1234Slide11
Strategy: Structured ControversySlide12
Strategy: Fishbowl
One group observed by another group
.
Can help to formalize self-reflection on group dynamics and participation.
Exercise:
Brainstorm:
Argue for or against group work in the classroom. What are the pros and cons?
Volunteers?
Inner group – conversation about content
Outer group – observations about processSlide13
Strategy: Simulations and Role Play