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Marisa Brandt; June Oh; Yukyung Lyla Bae – Composition Studies, 2024
Often, composition instructors struggle to encourage STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) students to see the relevance of writing courses to their personal goals. Students' lack of recognition of the importance of literacy skills can lead to disengagement in required college writing courses compared to their so-called…
Descriptors: STEM Education, College Freshmen, Writing (Composition), Writing Instruction
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Suzan Kamel-ElSayed; Virginia Uhley – Advances in Physiology Education, 2024
An interdisciplinary team-teaching session was introduced to high school students who participated in the Oakland University William Beaumont Future Physician Summer Enrichment Program. The rising prevalence of adolescent obesity necessitates innovative educational strategies that effectively engage high school students in understanding the…
Descriptors: High School Students, College Faculty, Summer Science Programs, Physiology
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Baker, W. Douglas; Däumer, Elisabeth – Pedagogies: An International Journal, 2015
This article presents a "telling case" of an interdisciplinary, team-teaching experience that explores how participants eschewed "ethnocentricism" of their fields of study in order to learn from each other, while providing instruction to students and analysing data collected from the class (a graduate course on literature and…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Teaching Methods, Team Teaching, Graduate Study
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Johnson, Amy Flanagan; Graves, Chiron W. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2017
This article details the aim, development, and implementation of the Chemistry-Genetics Course Collaborative (CGCC), a cotaught offering of a human genetics course with an honors introductory chemistry course. The CGCC was formed to fully integrate the two courses, along with the associated chemistry lab, to create an interdisciplinary scientific…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Genetics, Interdisciplinary Approach, Science Instruction
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Luckie, Douglas B.; Bellon, Richard; Sweeder, Ryan D. – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2012
Since 2005 we have pursued a formal research program called the BRAID (Bringing Relationships Alive through Interdisciplinary Discourse), which is designed to develop and test strategies for training first- and second-year undergraduate science students to bridge scientific disciplines. The BRAID's ongoing multiyear investigation points to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Undergraduate Students, Science Education, Educational Experience
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Stearns, Michael; Margulus, Lisabeth; Shinsky, John – International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, 2012
Grand Valley State University (GVSU) in conjunction with the Grand Rapids Michigan Public Schools (GRPS) collaborated to implement a Wallace Foundation Grant Program designed to develop urban school leaders. The theoretical constructs of the program were evident in the research on leadership and change. This research formed a basis for the…
Descriptors: Universities, Grants, Leadership Training, Urban Schools
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Fauvel, Anne Marie; Miller, Lisa K.; Lane, Paul; Farris, John – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2010
A new team-taught course focused on interdisciplinary teaching and integrative learning was offered at Grand Valley State University during the Summer of 2008 at a regional campus in Holland, Michigan. Faculty from Engineering and Business developed this community-based, alternative-format course to engage students in the question: "What will…
Descriptors: Team Teaching, Interdisciplinary Approach, Engineering Education, Business Administration Education
Izberk-Bilgin, Elif; Klein, Barbara D.; Chandra, Charu; Lee, Hei-Wai; Susko, David; Lee, Moses; Zikanov, Oleg – Journal of Case Studies in Education, 2012
Sustainability has been identified as one of the most pressing challenges for business and society. However, research shows that sustainability topics are still not given sufficient attention in higher education, particularly in the undergraduate business curriculum. This paper offers a template for an interdisciplinary, team-taught undergraduate…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Team Teaching, Sustainability, Business Administration Education