Building Students' Integrative Thinking Capacities: A Case Study in Economics and History

Autor/inn/en	Abbott, William; Nantz, Kathryn A.
Titel	Building Students' Integrative Thinking Capacities: A Case Study in Economics and History
Quelle	In: Issues in Integrative Studies, (2012) 30, S.19-47 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1081-4760
Schlagwörter	Thinking Skills; Integrated Activities; History Instruction; Economics Education; Case Studies; Interdisciplinary Approach; Delivery Systems; Intermode Differences; Team Teaching; Unified Studies Curriculum; Course Organization; Reading Assignments; Writing Assignments; Student Projects; College Students; Connecticut + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Denkfähigkeit; Integrierender Unterricht; History lessons; Geschichtsunterricht; Wirtschaftskunde; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Auslieferung; Teamteaching; Kombinationsstudiengang; Course organisation; Kurskonzept; Schulprojekt; Collegestudent
Abstract	Having engaged in interdisciplinary team-teaching in both the two-course cluster format and the single course format, we intend to show how we helped students recognize and find their own integrative insights between the disciplines of history and economics. In the process we not only compare the advantages and disadvantages of each format but also illustrate more fully the differences between multidisciplinarity and true integration. We show (1) how the weaknesses and strengths of our two disciplines complement each other, (2) how the different goals of each discipline can be reached using the methods of the other, and (3) how appropriately-designed readings, writing assignments, group presentations, and other activities can help students to achieve the goals of integrative interdisciplinary pedagogy. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01