Disciplinary & Interdisciplinary Studies

Disciplines ranging from history and the arts to biology and mathematics embody culturally valued knowledge and modes of thinking that deepen our understanding of the world and our capacity to create products, solve problems, explain phenomena. Understanding and engaging today’s most pressing societal issues: from climate change to mass migration, from global health to the digital revolution, requires that we prepare our young to integrate disciplinary perspectives and to do so with quality. What constitutes quality interdisciplinary understanding? How do we nurture it well? How can we prepare professionals to teach for interdisciplinary understanding? How can we prepare them for successful collaborations?

Resources

Article
Interdisciplinary Learning: A Cognitive-Epistemological Foundation
Published: 2016
Preparing individuals to lead informed and fulfilling lives in dynamic knowledge societies requires that we nurture synthesizing minds. We must nurture individuals’ capacity... Read more
Article
What Makes Teams Tick?
Published: 2016
Many of the most pressing issues of our time—climate change, economic inequality, human rights—require interdisciplinary solutions. Yet facilitating collaboration among... Read more
Article
How To Be A Global Thinker
Published: 2016
Book
Facilitating for Learning: Tools for Teacher Groups of All Kinds
Published: 2015
One of the most important shifts in schools in the last two decades has been the growing emphasis on collaboration among teachers and other educators. Whether you are a... Read more
Article
Finding Our Way Into Each Other's Worlds: Musings On Cultural Perspective Taking
Published: 2015
Perspective taking, the capacity to understand how others view their world is at a premium in a world of increasing diversity and complexity. It was also the topic of a class... Read more