The Synergistic Classroom

Patrick L Hamilton

ISBN 10: 1978818424 / ISBN 13: 9781978818422

Published by Rutgers University Press, US, 2020

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Among the many challenges confronting the liberal arts today is a fundamental disconnect between the curricula that many institutions offer and the training that many students need. Discipline-specific models of teaching and learning can underprepare students for the kinds of interdisciplinary collaboration that employers now expect. Although aware of these expectations and the need for change, many small colleges and universities have struggled to translate interdisciplinarity into programs and curricula that better serve today's students. Written by faculty engaged in the design and delivery of interdisciplinary courses, programs, and experiential learning opportunities in the small college setting, The Synergistic Classroom addresses the many ways faculty can leverage their institutions' small size and openness to pedagogical experimentation to overcome the challenges of limited institutional resources and enrollment concerns and better prepare students for life and work in the twenty-first century. Taken together, the contributions in this volume invite reflection on a variety of important issues that attend the work of small college faculty committed to expanding student learning across disciplinary boundaries.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Synergistic Classroom
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press, US
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1978818424
• ISBN 13: 9781978818422
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 454 grams

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Synopsis

Among the many challenges confronting the liberal arts today is a fundamental disconnect between the curricula that many institutions offer and the training that many students need. Discipline-specific models of teaching and learning can underprepare students for the kinds of interdisciplinary collaboration that employers now expect. Although aware of these expectations and the need for change, many small colleges and universities have struggled to translate interdisciplinarity into programs and curricula that better serve today’s students.

Written by faculty engaged in the design and delivery of interdisciplinary courses, programs, and experiential learning opportunities in the small college setting, The Synergistic Classroom addresses the many ways faculty can leverage their institutions' small size and openness to pedagogical experimentation to overcome the challenges of limited institutional resources and enrollment concerns and better prepare students for life and work in the twenty-first century. Taken together, the contributions in this volume invite reflection on a variety of important issues that attend the work of small college faculty committed to expanding student learning across disciplinary boundaries.

About the Author

COREY CAMPION is an associate professor of history and global studies and the director of the master of arts in humanities program at Hood College in Frederick, Maryland.

AARON ANGELLO is the Sophie. M. Libman NEH Professor of Humanities at Hood College in Frederick, Maryland.