Edsurge

JANUARY 18, 2019

Carlin was explaining how to make history relevant to all students, whether it's the history of hip-hop music, the evolution of the coffee industry or a person you pass on the street. What stayed with me that day: everything and everyone has a history—but history doesn't matter to students if it's not relevant to their own lives.

History 163

History Teachers Students Interdisciplinary 163

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

At our university’s inaugural faculty-staff research symposium last fall, the two of us met on a drug history and policy panel, and discovered we were both teaching courses on drugs the following semester. We wanted students to gain both interdisciplinary and practical knowledge about drugs and addiction.

Interdisciplinary 111

Interdisciplinary Art History Discussions 111

Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Life is interdisciplinary, and while our education system has finally started to acknowledge this (e.g. Here’s how it might work for an English teacher: Imagine you’ve assigned students a persuasive essay and provided them with a rubric communicating academic expectations. In “the real world” as teachers say, challenges are complex.

Teaching 168

Teaching Interdisciplinary Math Essay 168

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

At our university’s inaugural faculty-staff research symposium last fall, the two of us met on a drug history and policy panel, and discovered we were both teaching courses on drugs the following semester. We wanted students to gain both interdisciplinary and practical knowledge about drugs and addiction.

Interdisciplinary 105

Interdisciplinary Art History Discussions 105

eSchool News

JULY 2, 2024

Its learners receive all of their core academic content—English, history, social studies, and math—through competency-based online courses. They cover a myriad of topics, often in an interdisciplinary format: from Adulting 101, Renewable Energy, and Beekeeping to Comparative Religions and International Relations.

Education 303

Education Internet Interdisciplinary Testing 303

Edsurge

JULY 7, 2022

They’re all adults enrolled in the university’s online Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies program. They write brief papers and give short oral reports, building skills and stamina they eventually will need to complete and present a capstone research project, their final assignment before they graduate. It was positive.

Students 174

Students Art Essay Interdisciplinary 174

eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

Some of these tasks might include replying to parent emails without emotional interference, creating differentiated assignments with ease and expertise, and creating interactive lesson components and higher order questions that probe thinking patterns. The most time consuming or emotionally taxing items can be processed via prompts.

Schools 335

Schools Coaching STEM Evaluation 335

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

public education system has evolved throughout its history, school libraries have also developed with a consistent central goal: to give students the best opportunity to succeed academically. This collaboration can take place in the form of guiding a class discussion, creating assignments and responding to student work. As the U.S.

Schools 246

Schools Languages Language Reading 246

Faculty Focus

JUNE 11, 2023

Choose an interdisciplinary topic for broader appeal Freshmen often have not yet decided what their major would be, nor should they! Our class, “Banned Books and School Policy,” related to education, of course, but also touched on sociology, political science, history, English literature, religion, and public policy.

Critical Thinking 81

Critical Thinking Interdisciplinary Syllabus History 81

Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 13, 2025

If one student is working at a very challenging level, and another is working at a much more basic level, and they both do well on the assignment, should they get the same grade? ” How the Grading Works Blankenship’s district assigns letter grades, so how does she blend competency-based assessment with these grades?

Learning 77

Learning Knowledge Grades Feedback 77

Teachers Pay Teachers

APRIL 7, 2025

Use these interdisciplinary journal prompts for high school in your science, math, history, music, or art class as well. What is the most interesting era in history? What is your least favorite school-assigned book? 17 Cross-Curricular Journal Prompts for High School Writing isnt limited to language arts! Why or why not?

High School 52

High School High School Schools Art 52

Faculty Focus

MARCH 6, 2025

We not only assign writing in order to teach our content, but students also use writing to explore connections between assigned texts, lived experiences, and other course content. These moves are recursive, building on one another as students progress from informal reflections to more formal assignments.

Writing 122

Writing Reading Assignments Disciplinary Thinking 122

Faculty Focus

MARCH 6, 2025

We not only assign writing in order to teach our content, but students also use writing to explore connections between assigned texts, lived experiences, and other course content. These moves are recursive, building on one another as students progress from informal reflections to more formal assignments.

Writing 105

Writing Reading Assignments Disciplinary Thinking 105

Faculty Focus

MAY 9, 2023

As the most recent National Survey of Learning, Voting, and Engagement (NSLVE) report shows us – and for the first time in modern history – students turned out at rates commensurate with those of all voters – 66% (Thomas et al., Students in history courses can compare and contrast elements of past and current insurrections.

Curriculum 145

Curriculum Multidisciplinary Learning Outcomes Critical Thinking 145

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The pivotal school project which facilitated Thomas’ gradual withdrawal from the alt-right was a museum exhibit he curated to illustrate the history of Syrian refugees fleeing into Greece—a complex topic with conflicting sources of information. Killed not by the people who hate you but those who protect you,” says Michael.

Beliefs 148

Beliefs Learning Students Interdisciplinary 148

Faculty Focus

MAY 9, 2023

As the most recent National Survey of Learning, Voting, and Engagement (NSLVE) report shows us – and for the first time in modern history – students turned out at rates commensurate with those of all voters – 66% (Thomas et al., Students in history courses can compare and contrast elements of past and current insurrections.

Curriculum 97

Curriculum Multidisciplinary Learning Outcomes Critical Thinking 97

Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2023

It’s a moment when XQ Institute’s agenda — that schools should offer more project-based learning, allow more flexibility in their schedules, and assign classwork more explicitly connected to career paths that interest students — may excite education leaders searching for solutions. teens won’t arrive for a while. It was exciting.

High School 182

High School High School Schools Assignments 182

k12 Online Schools

MAY 6, 2025

Boredom as the Gateway to Creativity Lets look at some examples from everyday life and history. Creative Time Contracts: Set aside 30 minutes where the rule is no screens, but no assigned tasks either, just space to explore. Rowling famously conceived the idea for Harry Potter while on a delayed train with nothing to do.

Intelligence 52

Intelligence Evaluation Interdisciplinary Writing 52