Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

History class, approached me after the White House threatened to revoke temporary protected status (TPS) for immigrants from El Salvador. Educating for American Democracy: offers an interactive roadmap for using an inquiry model when teaching civics and history. Service-Learning in Action Jeslyn, a student in my U.S.

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Edsurge

APRIL 29, 2021

To facilitate more authentic learning, many states have aligned their own standards, and developed frameworks that foster interdisciplinary teaching and learning. As a result, career education is not woven into the fabric of K-12 education, often leaving younger students to ask the age old question, “Why am I learning this?”

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Edsurge

JANUARY 11, 2019

But he says the conversations often fell off once he suggested adding subjects like history of science, philosophy or communication. Very few of them had any interest in interdisciplinary programs,” is how he remembers it. One question is whether that will bring change to data-science curricula.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Today, the award-winning science series NOVA , produced for PBS by GBH Boston, announced the launch of NOVA Science Studio , a new national program to teach and engage young people through an interdisciplinary curriculum focused on science communication, digital media literacy, and video production.

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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.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

That was the provocative question posed by Conrad Wolfram in a blog post earlier this summer. And then a bit later we have questions like, “Are Girls Better at Math?” As you see, these thing are quite fuzzy, they’re not like traditional math questions. Are a lot of the problems that you present interdisciplinary by nature?

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 19, 2020

That is the most common question I hear all the time,” says Herrera, who is a speech and debate coach and co-teaches AP Seminar at Henry Grady High School. The complexities of the Diaspora are an excellent fit with AP Seminar’s interdisciplinary research focus. Why am I just learning about this?’

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

But today we’re talking with someone who has a history of shaking up the narrative when it comes to talking about intelligence. In it, he reflects on the interdisciplinary work he did that led to his theory of multiple intelligences. The education world gets obsessed sometimes with trying to come up with ways to measure smarts.

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Intelligence Interdisciplinary Language Languages 206

Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2016

Ask a Question Two Rivers was founded on the principle that we need to embrace a broader definition of student success than what has been handed to us by state and national policy. Problem Solving: The ability to identify the key questions in a problem, develop possible paths to a solution, and follow through with a solution.

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Edsurge

JUNE 21, 2017

This is the question that researchers at the MIT Media Lab are asking. Initially I was the one who questioned the word ‘community.’ Initially I was the one who questioned the word ‘community.’ But is coding preoccupying the hearts and minds of students after school hours? I mean, they were posting projects and writing comments.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 13, 2020

And one question being asked by pundits and politicos is, how can we motivate young voters to show up at the polls? But a book published earlier this year by two political scientists tweaks that question. The book takes an interdisciplinary approach to studying voter behavior. It’s election season in the U.S.,

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 2, 2025

Do you wish your parents would ask you more questions about your day, or fewer questions? Is history an important class for todays teenagers, or is it a waste of time? With 40 research question cards, this resource allows every student in your class to have a different persuasive essay topic.

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Edsurge

JULY 7, 2022

They’re all adults enrolled in the university’s online Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies program. She took questions on how not to feel lost in the dark The professor explains the next assignment for the course. Students will need to craft a research question, read relevant sources and synthesize what they learn in a short paper.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

After the major shifts of the Covid era, the question still remains: What’s next? 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.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 14, 2023

Understanding Citizen Science Citizen science or community science entails the collaboration between scientists and public volunteers in carrying out key tasks such as experiments, data collection, and answering real-world questions. This led to the creation of a funding-based scientific approach that we witness today.

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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. What can we do?

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Critical Thinking Interdisciplinary History Syllabus 78

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Holzweiss said she avoids outdated book report questions and formats. 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. As the U.S.

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Edsurge

APRIL 23, 2019

SXSW EDU As part of a 30 year history of SXSW conferences, SXSW EDU is one of the younger siblings in the South by Southwest family. We believe it is a reflection of education becoming an increasingly interdisciplinary conversation,” he said. Questions such as, ‘What are the educational trends?’ (and) Draw: Festival!

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 26, 2023

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Critical Thinking Middle School Middle School Education 88

Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 13, 2025

I’ve always been a fan of this strategy, but during that session, someone asked a question that I couldn’t answer: How do we grade these fairly? That question sent me down a rabbit hole. And despite not getting that original question answered, the search did lead me to something called competency-based learning.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

APRIL 7, 2025

From SEL check-ins to deeper questions about their teenage experience, these prompts are effective ways for high schoolers to reflect on how theyre really feeling. 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?

High School 52

High School High School Schools Art 52

Teaching with a Mountain View

APRIL 25, 2025

Students form teams, read from curated book lists, and compete in quiz-style “battles” to answer questions about the books. The contest encourages students to reflect on America’s history and their experiences in modern society. It encourages students to read quality books and participate in fun, competitive events.

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Critical Thinking Essay Participation Math 52

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Before the pandemic, like many of my peers, I had been a great believer of the lecture hall, with its sense of tradition and history. Instead of the static talk-down with “any questions?” This is the time to put “interdisciplinary” ideas into practice by experimenting with new methodologies.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 30, 2021

Before the pandemic, like many of my peers, I had been a great believer of the lecture hall, with its sense of tradition and history. Instead of the static talk-down with “any questions?” This is the time to put “interdisciplinary” ideas into practice by experimenting with new methodologies.

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Lecturing Education Learning Knowledge 203

Edsurge

JULY 1, 2019

And his work draws from his experiences in school, weaving across the realms of interdisciplinary thinking, social-emotional learning, self care, and the steady search for creativity on a human scale. There was something called the Western College program, and it was the school of Interdisciplinary Studies.

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Art Interdisciplinary English Schools 162

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.

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Curriculum Multidisciplinary Learning Outcomes Critical Thinking 145

Faculty Focus

MARCH 6, 2025

From the moment ChatGPT hit the scene, articles proclaimed the death of the college essay , and students have begun questioning the need to develop skills in writing. For many educators, this disruption raises questions about the role of writing in their disciplines. What gives us reason for hope comes down to how we define writing.

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Writing Reading Assignments Disciplinary Thinking 122

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Each project at Thomas’ school is driven by a question, broken up into “advanced inquiry targets,” or sub-questions that students explore through research and tasks. These tasks are then recorded, shared and discussed with advisors using a special learning management system, called Headrush.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 6, 2025

From the moment ChatGPT hit the scene, articles proclaimed the death of the college essay , and students have begun questioning the need to develop skills in writing. For many educators, this disruption raises questions about the role of writing in their disciplines. What gives us reason for hope comes down to how we define writing.

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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.

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Curriculum Multidisciplinary Learning Outcomes Critical Thinking 95

Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2023

In the meantime, the checkered history of school reform did not seem top of mind for students from Coolidge. residents reflected on questions like What do you want to see out of school? A question I had to ask them was which one of these SDGs they cared about the most. teens won’t arrive for a while. In these conversations, D.C.

High School 186

High School High School Schools Assignments 186

Teach Your Kids

MARCH 8, 2025

Harvard Business Review ) A Harvard study found that investors ask men “promotion” questions like “How big can this get?” ” while women are asked “prevention” questions like “How do you mitigate risk?” The only reason I’ve been able to raise over $1.5

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k12 Online Schools

MAY 6, 2025

Boredom as the Gateway to Creativity Lets look at some examples from everyday life and history. Real-Life Parallel: At K12 Schools, students often take on interdisciplinary projects where they’re not told what to do, just what problem to solve. These areas encourage tactile engagement without much supervision.

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Intelligence Evaluation Interdisciplinary Writing 52