eSchool News

DECEMBER 2, 2024

For example, while studying engineering principles, teachers can incorporate art by challenging students to design aesthetically-pleasing yet functional structures, blending engineering and design thinking. Cross-disciplinary connections can help students see STEM from new perspectives and understand its relevance.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Graduate education—with its specialization, close access to faculty members, and opportunities for deep learning—ought to help with this kind of interdisciplinary training. Do graduate students themselves want to pursue interdisciplinary aims and become “wicked”? Those who have enrolled in intentionally interdisciplinary Ph.D.

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Edsurge

MARCH 31, 2021

history in a traditional public rural high school and now in a public alternative school, I have learned that the most effective strategies for providing an authentic civics learning experience are rooted in knowledge and require learners to simulate a real-life phenomenon. history and civics for the first time as upperclassmen.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Learners then work with partners to co-design interdisciplinary projects that both align with the academic and life goals of the learner, as well as the business or nonprofit needs of the partner. The model works with partner companies and organizations across Cedar Rapids to conceptualize projects learners might complete.

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k12 Digest

APRIL 26, 2025

And in September 2024, history took a bold turn as Kiski welcomed young women into its ranks and opened a new chapter in its storied legacy. With a rich history, an eye on the future, and a commitment to academic and athletic achievement, Kiski continues to redefine what it means to be a boarding school in the 21st century.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Composed of education leaders with firsthand experience in K-12 districts and schools around the county, this board will play a pivotal role in shaping the company’s strategic direction and product roadmap, building on SchoolStatus’ long history of collaboration with educators.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2024

Ethan, a high school junior studying to become a secondary history teacher in our Academy for Teaching and Learning, was presenting findings from his extensive research to the staff at our school. When students can understand how one topic might be covered in English, History and Science, they’re able to grasp it more deeply.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

We spoke with ninth-grade History Teacher Nick Pant, from Dayton Regional STEM School, about successfully implementing Unreal Engine in the classroom. I am a social studies teacher who got introduced to game design as a result of trying to motivate students to study history. I am by no means a game designer.

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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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Learning Local Government History Education 208

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. Learning from History We use the space race as a model for the type of transformation modern education programs must undergo. CTE Gets a Bad Rap All U.S.

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Interdisciplinary History Motivation High School 196

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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History Teachers Students Interdisciplinary 162

Edsurge

JANUARY 13, 2022

Indigenous Knowledge and Mainstream Education Indigenous Knowledge Systems is a phrase that originated in Indigenous studies. After building relational trust, local community members share resources and context on local issues and history that I use to create lessons.

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Knowledge Teaching Education Interdisciplinary 217

Edsurge

OCTOBER 19, 2020

The College Board, which administers the AP program as well as the SAT, wanted to offer a curriculum on the African diaspora so students and educators would have more opportunities to study, reflect on and connect with Black experiences, for the benefit of students and teachers of all races and backgrounds.

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Interdisciplinary History Art Culture 183

eSchool News

JULY 2, 2024

A different way of thinking for a more effective strategy Christensen’s groundbreaking theory—disruptive innovation—emerged from studying a pattern he noticed across many industries. Its learners receive all of their core academic content—English, history, social studies, and math—through competency-based online courses.

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Education Internet Interdisciplinary Testing 303

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. One of us is from American Studies and the other from Sociology, and our readings for the courses reflected our disciplines.

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Interdisciplinary Art History Discussions 111

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Are a lot of the problems that you present interdisciplinary by nature? Math is this general-purpose subject at school, but if it isn’t interdisciplinary, well, why not? If it isn’t serving history, English, geography and all the other subjects, why not? If you study English in school, it’s servicing all of those other subjects.

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Math Curriculum Interdisciplinary English 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. One of us is from American Studies and the other from Sociology, and our readings for the courses reflected our disciplines.

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Interdisciplinary Art History Discussions 105

Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2022

The best solution is a combination of those two, as outlined in an action plan from an interdisciplinary group of scholars who have studied school safety and gun violence for decades. Most had a history of school disciplinary infactionsactions. Secret Service in 2019. Nearly all experienced negative home-life factors.

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Schools Interdisciplinary Counselling Study 164

Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2016

Construct a Hypothesis Through our school model, students experience hands-on interdisciplinary learning through projects, or expeditions, as we call them, that each last 10 to 12 weeks and require students to tackle real world problems that don’t have easy paths to solutions or one right answer.

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History Critical Thinking Learning Interdisciplinary 134

Edsurge

OCTOBER 13, 2020

The professor realized that there was little evidence available whether preregistration even makes much of a difference for young voters, so she and Holbein set out to study it. The book takes an interdisciplinary approach to studying voter behavior. What can fields other than political science tell us about young voters?

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Motivation Education Participation Interdisciplinary 186

Edsurge

JULY 7, 2022

They’re all adults enrolled in the university’s online Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies program. So when one student says she plans to study the Bermuda Triangle, the professor recommends that she ask a librarian—maybe the one who talked to the class earlier in the semester—to help her curate a reading list of secondary sources.

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Students Art Essay Interdisciplinary 172

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 14, 2023

From pondering over simple natural processes such as the transitions between day and night to complex genomic studies , science has come a long way. Apart from careful studies conducted in complex laboratories, science also runs on data collection, observations, and statistical analysis.

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Science Participation Laboratory Interdisciplinary 142

Edsurge

JULY 6, 2016

We are in the midst of one of the most disruptive, yet exciting times in history: The Information Age. Students are also creating more content than any generation in history, thus they learn in fundamentally different ways than we are used to. Life is irregular—thus, learning is irregular.

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Interdisciplinary Learning Schools History 113

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. The goal of the study was to observe and offer solutions to areas that these students found challenging or inaccessible. As the U.S.

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Teach Hub

AUGUST 28, 2024

Notably, one study found music more effective than medication in easing anxiety. Music in Writing It is well known that students who study music have a larger vocabulary. Integrating Music into All Subjects Music can be seamlessly integrated into all subjects to create an interdisciplinary learning experience for students.

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Interdisciplinary Writing Testing Science 98

Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2018

And this year’s predictions range from the abstract, such as “advancing cultures of innovation,” to more specific ones like an increasing appearance of new interdisciplinary studies on campus. Several of the ideas and challenges have landed a spot in the previous editions of the report.

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Interdisciplinary Study History Learning Spaces 76

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.

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Critical Thinking Interdisciplinary Syllabus History 82

eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

This new age of teaching and learning will be more integrated into the day-to-day, more interdisciplinary, and more based on the lived experience of the teacher and student. Encourage a balanced routine: Remind students to structure their days with a mix of study, exercise, and relaxation.

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Schools Coaching STEM Evaluation 335

Teaching with a Mountain View

APRIL 25, 2025

Start with a structured schedule and incorporate study guides or practice materials when applicable. Social Studies Patriot’s Pen is a nationwide youth essay contest organized by the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) for students in grades 6-8. Create a team name and design t-shirts to help bring everyone together.

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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. Why did it take a pandemic for us to realize that education is just as much about self-knowledge as it is about the subject you are studying? The ability to enter and exit at will equalizes power.

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Lecturing Education Learning Knowledge 217

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. Why did it take a pandemic for us to realize that education is just as much about self-knowledge as it is about the subject you are studying? The ability to enter and exit at will equalizes power.

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Lecturing Education Learning Knowledge 200

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. So I picked that.

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Art Interdisciplinary English Learning 161

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

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

At the time, Thomas felt “fragile:” He just left home to study in the U.K. Studying at a project-based school, Thomas developed a discipline for inquiry, fact-checking and reflection which he tells me: “stopped [him] from being so angry” about the headlines he saw in the movement and motivated him to investigate the facts.

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Beliefs Learning Students Interdisciplinary 148

Faculty Focus

MARCH 6, 2025

For instance, in a history course, an informal writing prompt might ask students to select the most significant event in a unit on the Civil Rights Movement and justify their choice. Analogical thinking helps students see the broader relevance of their studies and prepares them to apply knowledge in new contexts.

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Writing Reading Assignments Disciplinary Thinking 122

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 97

Faculty Focus

MARCH 6, 2025

For instance, in a history course, an informal writing prompt might ask students to select the most significant event in a unit on the Civil Rights Movement and justify their choice. Analogical thinking helps students see the broader relevance of their studies and prepares them to apply knowledge in new contexts.

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Writing Reading Assignments Disciplinary Thinking 105