Interdisciplinary Pedagogy for STEM: A Collaborative Case Study

✍ Scribed by Reneta D. Lansiquot (eds.)

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 156
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book focuses on constructivist theory and collaborative interdisciplinary studies, showing how constructivist theory complements interdisciplinary studies. Constructivist theory stresses how learners construct new ideas and concepts, while the interdisciplinary method requires that learners approach complex problems from multiple perspectives. The author uses the New York City College of Technology as a model to demonstrate how learning can be embedded in complex, realistic, and relevant environments. As a result, students learn to consider significant issues from a variety of viewpoints and thus negotiate their social landscape. In approaching problems that they recognize as meaningful, they take ownership of their learning and become increasingly self-aware. This scholarly book makes a theoretical contribution to its field while also offering a practical, real world example of how to successfully integrate a curriculum.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Introduction: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Problem Solving....Pages 1-18
A Study of Integration: The Role of Sensus Communis in Integrating Disciplinary Knowledge....Pages 19-36
Insatiability and Crisis: Using Interdisciplinarity to Understand (And Denaturalize) Contemporary Humans....Pages 37-55
Inducing Application of Interdisciplinary Frameworks: Experiences from the Domains of Information Literacy and Responsible Conduct of Research....Pages 57-83
Making Connections: Writing Stories and Writing Code....Pages 85-103
Authenticating Interdisciplinary Learning through a Geoscience Undergraduate Research Experience....Pages 105-125
Conclusion: Integrating Interdisciplinary Pedagogies....Pages 127-139
Back Matter....Pages 141-143

✦ Subjects

Science Education