Connecting+Across+Disciplines

= = =Overview and aims= This disc will look at a range of integrative teaching approaches that spur learners to make meaningful transdisciplinary connections in order to understand and act in the world.

=The context for cross-disciplinary connections=
 * Disciplinary vs. interdisciplinary vs. transdisciplinary (graphic?)
 * Importance to 21st c. skills
 * Holistic learning is grounded in disciplinary knowledge
 * What is the goal?

=Bringing connections into the classroom=
 * Weaving another discipline into a content area deepens learning
 * Allows teachers to explore a personal interest
 * Working from disciplinary understandings
 * Assessing disciplinary understandings as well as integration
 * Questions to spur ideas for cross-disciplinary lessons

=Connecting across the school community=
 * Collaborating with other teachers
 * Encouraging students to synthesize
 * Managing classes (grouping, re-grouping)
 * In-depth study of an interdisciplinary topic
 * How to assess and encourage reflection

=Connecting to the 'real world'=
 * Role of external environments
 * Keeping a multifaceted question in mind in planning the trip
 * Priming students for learning on a trip
 * Moving from observations to advancing a new understanding
 * Assessment/reflection

=Conclusion=

Content template - Connecting across disciplines