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Direct linkCarlotta Berry; Leanne Holder; Nicole Pfiester; Tracy Weyand – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2024
Contribution: Visual maps that illustrate how mathematics, physics, and electrical engineering classes are connected to each other during the first two years of the electrical engineering curriculum were developed. Key terminology and differences in presentation between fields are discussed. Background: Experience has shown that engineering…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Mathematics, Physics, Engineering Education
Norton, Douglas E. – PRIMUS, 2022
This paper introduces a course design for a post-Calculus undergraduate course on mathematical modeling for the life sciences. The course includes differential equations, discrete, and cellular automata approaches (among others) to modeling questions in the life sciences, as well as a variety of biological topics. The course focuses on model…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, College Mathematics, Mathematical Models, Biological Sciences
Download full textZhazira Agabekova; Aizhan Salimzhanova; Zharkynbike Suleimenova; Gulzira Yestekova – Journal of Social Studies Education Research, 2025
This study examines the integration of gender studies into Kazakhstan's higher education curricula, emphasizing their effectiveness, teaching methods, and challenges in fostering gender awareness and equality. Utilizing a qualitative research design, the study combines content analysis of over 5,000 active educational programs with in-depth…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Gender Issues, Intellectual Disciplines
Sengul, Ozden – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2022
This article aims to explore the experiences of science instructors who are active participants in the design and enactment of an interdisciplinary science course with student-centered pedagogy in a large-enrollment class. The data were collected through interviews with instructors and analyzed using the inductive thematic approach. Results show…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, College Faculty, Interdisciplinary Approach, Large Group Instruction
Symonds, Eloise – Arts and Humanities in Higher Education: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 2021
Recognising the popularity of partnership models, this article questions the current literature on partnership within the humanities and explores the possibility of effectively implementing partnership within the English discipline, through exploration of the traditional modes of learning associated with specific disciplines and the barriers that…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Partnerships in Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Humanities Instruction
Esquibel, Joseph; Rook, Deborah L.; LoRe, Sondra M.; Starnes, John H.; Miller, Jillian M.; Buntz, Jennifer G.; Hugo, Alys; Nieuwsma, Christianne B.; Seitz, Heather; Bissell, Ahrash; Gross, Louis; Kiser, Stacey; Lenhart, Suzanne; Mills, Michael A.; Neuhauser, Claudia; Corriette, Irene; Prescott, Sarah; Jenkins, Kristin P.; Karpakakunjaram, Vedham – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2023
Mastery of quantitative skills is increasingly critical for student success in life sciences, but few curricula adequately incorporate quantitative skills. Quantitative Biology at Community Colleges (QB@CC) is designed to address this need by building a grassroots consortium of community college faculty to (1) engage in interdisciplinary…
Descriptors: Biology, Science Instruction, College Science, Community Colleges
Silvia Albareda-Tiana; Gabriel Fernandez-Borsot; Jasmina Berbegal-Mirabent; Elisa Regadera González; Marta Mas-Machuca; Mariona Graell; Alba Manresa; Mónica Fernández-Morilla; M. Teresa Fuertes-Camacho; Andreu Gutiérrez-Sierra; Josep M. Guardiola – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2024
Purpose: This study aims to assess the effectiveness of active teaching methodologies, namely, problem-oriented learning and the case method, to develop sustainability competencies. It also analyses the advantages and challenges for teachers when implementing the sustainable development goals (SDGs) in eight undergraduate and postgraduate degrees…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Departments, Program Implementation, Undergraduate Study
Radovilsky, Zinovy; Hegde, Vishwanath – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2022
Data Mining (DM) is one of the most offered courses in data analytics education. However, the design and delivery of DM courses present a number of challenges and issues that stem from the DM's interdisciplinary nature and the industry expectations to generate a broader range of skills from the analytics programs. In this research, we identified…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Statistics Education, Graduate Students, Barriers
Zörner, Wilfried; Mahomed, Nawaz; Zulu, Ackim; Bader, Tobias; Tenthani, Chifundo; Cuamba, Boaventura; Chingosho, Hilton – Tuning Journal for Higher Education, 2020
The aim of this study was to develop the profile and competencies of a harmonised curriculum for a multi-country regional sector-specific higher education programme. The study, which was based on a case study of Renewable Energy involving six countries in Southern Africa, was based on established methodologies proposed by previous studies on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Environmental Education
Tripp, Brie; Shortlidge, Erin E. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2019
An expanded investment in interdisciplinary research has prompted greater demands to integrate knowledge across disciplinary boundaries. "Vision and Change" similarly made interdisciplinary expectations a key competency for undergraduate biology majors; however, we are not yet synchronized on the meaning of interdisciplinarity, making…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Interdisciplinary Approach, Barriers, College Faculty
Katz, Philip M. – Council of Independent Colleges, 2015
During the most recent decade, interdisciplinary instruction at the undergraduate level has increased rapidly. Independent colleges and universities are both innovators in developing new approaches to interdisciplinary education and strong supporters of traditional liberal arts disciplines. Some observers argue that interdisciplinary approaches…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Instructional Innovation, Educational Practices, Educational Change
Wilson, Robyn Fay – Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education, 2015
This study was conducted to identify challenges and potential strategies to streamline work-integrated learning placements for multidisciplinary teams of students undertaking degrees in sustainability. Face-to-face interviews using a semi-structured questionnaire were conducted with 15 academics and senior university staff, from four universities…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Integrated Activities, Interdisciplinary Approach, Semi Structured Interviews
Madden, Elissa E.; Davis, Jaya; Cronley, Courtney – Teaching in Higher Education, 2014
The current study sought input from a national sample of social work (SW) and criminal justice (CJ) educators ("N" = 276) to explore characteristics of those who use service learning in the two disciplines, differences in the conceptions of and beliefs about service learning, and distinctions in how it is used and implemented. This study…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Social Work, College Faculty, Service Learning
Stack, David; Battey, Nicholas – Bioscience Education, 2013
This paper uses the reflections of a recent workshop on biology and the humanities subject areas to consider the potential for designing a first year interdisciplinary module that brings together teachers and learners in the Biosciences with their counterparts in English and History. It considers three building blocks of module design: aims and…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Biology, English, History
Jungck, John R.; Gaff, Holly D.; Fagen, Adam P.; Labov, Jay B. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2010
In this article, the authors report on an important symposium, Beyond BIO2010: Celebration and Opportunities, which was held at the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in Washington, D.C. on May 21-22, 2010. This symposium was organized to assess what progress has been made in addressing the challenges and recommendations in the National Research…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Undergraduate Study, Biological Sciences, Interdisciplinary Approach
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