IDEAS: Integrated Disciplinary Education for Academic Scholarship: Articles,Videos and Websites

Bettie Higgs, Ed.; Shane Kilcommins, Ed. and Tony Ryan, Ed.
In this volume the authors document examples of programs/courses/activities that are designed intentionally to build students' capacity to be integrative thinkers and learners. In doing so they try to analyse and name the learning that is taking place, and so make it visible to the reader. The work is intended as a resource for all those involved in teaching and student learning in Higher Education and beyond.

Authors: Pat Hutchings, Mary Taylor Huber and Anthony Ciccone
An essay is presented on the impact and implication of principles and practices of the scholarship of teaching and learning.

Author: Simone Himbeault Taylor
Simone Himbeault Taylor suggests pedagogical processes that promote reflection across learning experiences in a student-centered approach to integrate learning.

Authors: Adrienne Bloss, Paul Hanstedt and Susan Kirby
This article presents one liberal arts college's answer to this question--a successful faculty development model from Roanoke College that addresses the challenges of preparing faculty to teach courses that incorporate broad skills and make connections across disciplinary boundaries.

Authors: Marcia Mentkowski and Stephen Sharkey
The authors examine the concept of integrative and applied learning from various perspectives, emphasize transfer of that learning to unfamiliar and unimagined settings, and describe crucial metacognitive strategies, including learned abilities used as frameworks for performance, reflection, and self-assessment that foster learning that lasts.

Author: Mike Rose
A high-profile center devoted to remedial education could lead to a sea change in the way the nation understands and deals with academic under-preparation.

Author: Dan Berrett
Differences in definitions of quality lead to new debates over the importance of teaching practical skills versus specific knowledge.

Author: Josh Keller
A new Carnegie Foundation report outlines ways faculty members can reshape curriculum to better teach math and literacy at community colleges.

Author: Ellen Urguhart Engstrom
This article discusses the benefits of an integrated reading and writing curriculum supported by assistive technology for college students.

Authors: Bettie Higgs, Ed.; Shane Kilcommins, Ed.and Tony Ryan, Ed.
In this volume the authors document examples of programs/courses/activities that are designed intentionally to build students' capacity to be integrative thinkers and learners.

Resources from Carleton College to support interdisciplinary and integrative teaching activities, with a focus on science and math fields.