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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Interdisciplinary learning"”.
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Undergraduate engineering students' experiences of interdisciplinary learning: a phenomenographic perspective
… complex, which is one of the reasons that interdisciplinary learning has become a common pedagogical practice in engineering education. However, empirical evidence on the impact of interdisciplinary learning on undergraduates is lacking. Regardless of the differences in the scope of methods …
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Protocol-structured Discussions to Improve Teaching and Interdisciplinary Learning: A School's Journey to School Reform
… To accomplish this mission, organizational learning, specifically the use of protocol-structured discussions, has become a fundamental component of school reform processes. Protocols to examine professional practice, engage in data-driven decision-making (DDDM), and look at student work have …
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Interdisciplinary Learning in Engineering Practice: An Exploratory Multi-case Study of Engineering for the Life Sciences Projects
Preparing engineering students for interdisciplinary practice in the workplace requires a meaningful understanding of interdisciplinary learning in engineering practice. Such an understanding could help to address the ongoing issues and concerns of the interdisciplinary learning of engineering …
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The Intellectual Impact of Interdisciplinarity: A Series of Studies of Graduate Students and Faculty Engaged in Interdisciplinary Scholarship
… college and university life, enthusiasm for interdisciplinary approaches has increased over the past three decades. Proponents often present interdisciplinarity as an a priori good, but scholars have noted that we have not yet sufficiently evaluated the efficacy of interdisciplinary …
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Fostering creativity through the use of digital tablets (an investigation into the potential of tablet use for creative production among seven- to ten-year-old children in Malta)
… disposal today, providing more opportunities for learning and self-expression than ever before. Such opportunities bring new challenges as these tools enter primary schools. A key aim of this thesis is to argue that constructionist, sociocultural and critical pedagogical theories can support the …
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Mapping the Underthing: Literary Geography and Geographic Education in The Slow Regard of Silent Things
… spatial thinking, critical analysis, and interdisciplinary learning. Additionally, the novella’s unique focus on solitude and perception resonates with broader cultural discussions. By bridging literature and geography, this thesis highlights the value of spatial analysis in understanding …
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Stress Management, Relaxation Techniques and Free Drawings with Elementary School Children
… the elementary school classroom, enhancing their interdisciplinary learning process. Due to the nature of the school and the cooperation of the teacher, the program developed, continuing over a two-school-year period as part of the daily curriculum of the kindergarten- first grade class. The …
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A Comparison of the Curricula of the Top-Ranked Prelicensure Baccalaureate Nursing Programs in the United States
… curriculum components (didactic, clinical, and interdisciplinary activities) and performance (NCLEX-RN). Results showed a common curricular sequence in preparing nursing students through liberal education classes and the first three fundamental nursing courses (pharmacology, pathophysiology, and …
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Interdisciplinary Research Methodology for Secondary Level Social Studies: A Teaching Unit Concerning the Holy Shroud of Turin
… and educational authorities. The use of interdisciplinary curriculum, particularly in Social Studies, was among the suggestions for improving the quality of education. The purpose of this study was to present historical research concerning the Holy Shroud of Turin which could be used to …
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Wissensmanagement für die ICT-Bildungspartner der höheren Berufsbildung in der Schweiz: Eine Konzeption für ICT-Lehrgänge
… challenges related to knowledge continuity, interdisciplinary coherence, and the acquisition of applied competencies. This dissertation explores how knowledge management can be systematically integrated into ICT education to enhance pedagogical effectiveness and better align graduate …
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Stories of restorative justice and school exclusion: an autoethnography of relational understanding
… at risk of school exclusion. It explored the interdisciplinary learning from criminal justice and education contexts through consideration of the accounts of restorative practitioners and adults involved in the school exclusion process and the story of a RJ pioneer who introduced his model of …
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An evaluation of a pilot community-based, interdisciplinary, primary health care teaching programme for health sciences students
… is an evaluation of a pilot community-based interdisciplinary, primary health care teaching programme for health sciences students, at the University of Cape Town. The pilot programme was located in the Neighbourhood Old Age Homes project (NOAH) in Woodstock, Cape Town. The research took …
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Tracing hydrosocial change: the social constellations of water access and allocation for oil and gas development in Colorado
… rural communities feel silenced and forgotten. Interdisciplinary learning paradigms should work to generate empathy so that urban-biased water policies and practices infuse understanding across difference and foster social cohesion
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The potential of smart home for comfort and energy use optimization in residential buildings
… delves into socio-cultural aspects. Adopting an interdisciplinary “learning by doing” approach, it deepens the topics of user-centered monitoring, the human-building interactions, and the wide-ranging resources and potential challenges that come with domestic environments. To concretely answer …
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A Comparative Study of the Cognitive Integration of Disciplinary and Societal Knowledge Between First-year and Senior Engineering Students Through Mathematical Modeling: An Epistemic Network Analysis
… in engineering education research regarding learning experiences that foster engineering students’ integration between disciplinary and social knowledge. This dissertation aimed to compare the cognitive integration processes of disciplinary knowledge—specifically in mathematics and …
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Scientific Machine Learning for Dynamical Systems: Theory and Applications to Fluid Flow and Ocean Ecosystem Modeling
… we develop and apply novel scientific machine learning methods to learn unknown and discover missing dynamics in models of dynamical systems. In our Bayesian approach, we develop an innovative stochastic partial differential equation (PDE) - based model learning theory and framework for …
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Climate change instruction in higher education: Pre-service teachers’ engagement in an interdisciplinary pop-up learning community
<p>An interdisciplinary pop-up learning community (PLC) allowed students from various disciplines with different levels of content knowledge to discuss their perspectives and beliefs on climate change. The impact of this event on students was gauged by a survey from the Yale Project on Climate …