Innovations in Interdisciplinary Teaching

Author: Haynes, Carolyn, ed.
Publisher: Oryx Press, Westport, CT
ISBN: 1573563935
Book Review Link: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-9647.2005.00252.x/abstract
Table of Contents: Acknowledgments
About the Editor and Contributors
Introduction: Laying a Foundation for Interdisciplinary Teaching (Carolyn Haynes)

Part I Standard Approaches to Interdisciplinary Teaching
ch. 1 Interdisciplinary Curriculum Design and Instructional Innovation: Notes on the Social Science Program at San Francisco State University (Stanley Bailis)
ch. 2 Enhancing Interdisciplinarity Through Team Teaching (Jay Wentworth, and James R. Davis)
ch. 3 Writing in Interdisciplinary Courses: Coaching Integrative Thinking (Marcia Bundy Seabury)

Part II Innovative Approaches to Interdisciplinary Teaching
ch. 4 Teaching on the Edge: Interdisciplinary Teaching in Learning Communities (Valerie Bystrom)
ch. 5 "Good and Ill Together": Interdisciplinary Teaching with Technology (Robert M. Bender)
ch. 6 Interdisciplinarity, Diversity, and the Future of Liberal Education (Debra Humphreys)

Part III Applying One Disciplinary-Based Pedagogy to Interdisciplinary Teaching
ch. 7 Being There: Performance as Interdisciplinary Teaching Tool (Jeff Abell)
ch. 8 Margaret Sanger, Marie Curie, Maya Angelou, Marcel Duchamp, and Mary Belenky Teach a Women's Studies Course: A Discussion of Innovative Interdisciplinary Approaches to Feminist Pedagogy (Nancy M. Grace)
ch. 9 Transforming Undergraduate Science Through Interdisciplinary Inquiry (Christopher Myers and Carolyn Haynes)

Part IV Interdisciplinary Teaching in Different Settings or to Different Students
ch. 10 It Takes More Than a Passport: Interdisciplinarity in Study Abroad (George Klein)
ch. 11 Interdisciplinarity and the Adult/Lifelong Learning Connection: Lessons from the Classroom (Roslyn Abt Schindler)

Part V Support for Interdisciplinary Teaching
ch. 12 Academic Advising in Interdisciplinary Studies (Virginia N. Gordon)
ch. 13 Transforming Interdisciplinary Teaching and Learning Through Assessment (Michael Field and Don Stowe)

Conclusion: Achieving Interdisciplinary Innovation: Leading and Learning in Community (Faith Gabelnick)
Index

According to this book, interdisciplinary pedagogy is not synonymous with a single process, set of skills, method, or technique. Instead, it is concerned primarily with fostering in students a sense of self-authorship and a notion of knowledge that they can use to respond to complex questions, issues, or problems. Most faculty members have disciplinary terminal degrees, little preparation for teaching, and previous experience learning and teaching solely in disciplinary classroom settings. This collection is designed to assist both new and experienced faculty members who are teaching in interdisciplinary settings and who want to advance integrative learning with their students, as well as administrators who want to encourage integrative and interdisciplinary teaching in their institutions. The contributors offer many intriguing approaches for achieving the goals of interdisciplinary pedagogy. (From the Publisher)