Knowledge dossier: Interdisciplinary education and community engaged learning
In this dossier our educational consultants share their knowledge about interdisciplinary education and community engaged learning. If you would like further advice, please contact us.
This is how you keep your students motivated during interdisciplinary education and CEL
How do you guide your students through the swampy lowlands of interdisciplinary education and Community Engaged Learning?
Why is collaborating in interdisciplinary teams so difficult?
Collaborating in interdisciplinary teams is much harder than working with your disciplinary peers, as one student proclaimed: 'This is collaborating to the next level!'.
How do you assess interdisciplinary skills?
Assessing interdisciplinary skills can be difficult. That is why we have developed a rubric for assessing these skills regardless of the ‘product’ of the learning activity.
A four-stage model for interdisciplinary learning
Based on Repko’s model, we designed a four-stage model for learning interdisciplinary skills, which offers a framework for the design of interdisciplinary courses.
Multi-, inter-, and transdisciplinarity; what is what?
There are different forms of interdisciplinarity. Esther Slot discusses the differences between multidisciplinarity, interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity.
Integrating multi-disciplinary insights by creating common ground
Integrating different disciplinary insights into a specific problem is a crucial but difficult step to take in interdisciplinary work. The process starts by creating common ground.
How do you teach students interdisciplinary thinking?
We are often asked: how do I teach my students interdisciplinary skills? In this article we describe three learning theory models.
What is Community Engaged Learning?
Thea van Lankveld discusses the most important characteristics of Community Engaged Learning, the impact for students and teachers, and which potential issues are seen with CEL.
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