The Synergistic Classroom : : Interdisciplinary Teaching in the Small College Setting / / ed. by Corey Campion, Aaron Angello.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2020 English
• MitwirkendeR: Angello, Aaron,; Austin, Allan W.,; Barcenas-Mooradian, Martha,; Boulton, April M,; Boulton, April M.,; Bárcenas-Mooradian, Martha,; Caleb, Amanda M.,; Campion, Corey,; Conrad, Maryann,; Cooperman, Hilary,; Crow, Peter,; Dehne, Christine,; Goach, Audra L,; Goach, Audra L.,; Hamilton, Patrick L,; Hamilton, Patrick L.,; Hanlon, Tina L,; Hanlon, Tina L.,; Heck, Delia R.,; Klimek, Julia F.,; Marchesi, Patricia,; Mead, Susan V,; Mead, Susan V.,; Munson, Jonathan,; Myers, Christine D,; Myers, Christine D.,; Nordstrom, Alicia H.,; Ou, Winston,; Prado, Paola,; Quezada-Grant, Autumn,; Reich, Paul D.,; Smith, Erika Cornelius,; Stein, Sharon E.,; Thomas, Carolyn L,; Thomas, Carolyn L.,; Whited, Lana A.,
• HerausgeberIn: Angello, Aaron,; Campion, Corey,
• Place / Publishing House: New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2020]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (228 p.) :; 1 table

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: -- Part I Teaching across the Disciplines -- 1 The Anxiety of Interdisciplinary Teaching -- 2 Challenging the Discipline: -- 3 More Than Just Another Core Class: -- 4 Breaking Boundaries: -- 5 Interdisciplinary Interactivity: -- 6 Honeybees and the Transdisciplinary Classroom: -- Part II Programming across the Disciplines -- 7 Learning, Leading, and Succeeding: -- 8 Why Can’t It Be Both?: -- 9 From Chemistry to History to Psychology: -- 10 Creating a “Space of Appearance” through the Rollins Foundations in the Liberal Arts Program -- 11 Flipping the Humanities Back into Mathematics -- 12 Arts in the Laboratory: -- Part III Exploring across the Disciplines -- 13 Science and Cultural Competence: -- 14 Authenticity and Empathy in Education: -- 15 Experiential Learning in the Rural, Small College Setting: -- 16 “Hold My Piña Colada”: -- Notes on Contributors -- Index