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Interdisciplinary Studies: Preparing Students for a Complex World

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Interdisciplinary studies prepare students for the challenges of a globalized world, where interconnected problems demand multidisciplinary solutions. Applications of Interdisciplinary Approach to Teaching Real-life anecdotes can be incorporated into a multidisciplinary approach to encourage critical disciplinary awareness. Newell, W.

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Interdisciplinary Studies: Preparing Students for a Complex World

Faculty Focus

Interdisciplinary studies prepare students for the challenges of a globalized world, where interconnected problems demand multidisciplinary solutions. Applications of Interdisciplinary Approach to Teaching Real-life anecdotes can be incorporated into a multidisciplinary approach to encourage critical disciplinary awareness. Newell, W.

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Five Things You Should Know About Connecting Democracy and the Curriculum

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As faculty members with a commitment to nonpartisan student voter engagement and learning for democracy (Faculty Network for Student Voting Rights 2023), we wish to further shed light on an often underutilized area in the quest for increased student participation: the academic curriculum.

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Digital Game-Based Learning in Higher Ed Moves Beyond the Hype

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Van Eck explains that the key challenge for creating any serious game involves “thinking about the key learning outcomes you are trying to teach and aligning those with the game. You have to harness the motivational potential [inherent to the game] and align that with the learning outcomes you want to promote.

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Five Things You Should Know About Connecting Democracy and the Curriculum

Faculty Focus

As faculty members with a commitment to nonpartisan student voter engagement and learning for democracy (Faculty Network for Student Voting Rights 2023), we wish to further shed light on an often underutilized area in the quest for increased student participation: the academic curriculum.