A guide to using action learning – questioning knowledge to find solutions – to evaluate and improve teaching practices, based on research by Na Li, Qian Wang, Jiajun Liu and Victoria Marsick Many ...

People sometimes talk about the need to bring academic disciplines together to tackle complex societal problems. It makes sense. Different disciplines bring different knowledge and methodological ...

Every Thursday morning, I am overwhelmed by apprehension as I head to my staff meeting. It’s not because I have to drag my worn body out of my cozy bed to get there by 7 a.m. or because I can’t play ...

Practice-based Research of Interdisciplinary Higher Education is a collection that aims at building a community and building capacity around the study of interdisciplinary teaching and learning at ...

The challenges facing the world today are more complex than ever, and their solutions are often beyond the scope of any one academic field. The innovations and new technologies we need are ...

With interdisciplinary teaching, we need to look at ‘how’ as well as ‘what’. Focus on these four elements of course design to create a space where integration and interdisciplinarity can flourish When ...

Yale College Dean Jonathan Holloway will host a dinner on Dec. 11 to honor the recipients of the annual Poorvu Family Award for Interdisciplinary Teaching. The award was established to recognize and ...

People sometimes talk about the need to bring academic disciplines together to tackle complex societal problems. It makes sense. Different disciplines bring different knowledge and methodological ...

Imagine this: You are in this big building with lots of rooms and different signs on each door. You come to a room with a sign saying “hammers,” you enter, and this young, enthusiastic guy shows you ...

Sarah Sheets Cook, MEd, RNC, DPNAP, is vice-dean, Columbia University, New York City, USA Dorothy M. Rogers is professor of clinical nursing, Columbia University, New York City, USA Enthusiasm about ...