Avoiding Another Tower of Babel: Lessons Learned from Team Teaching Across the Disciplinary Divide Ed Barbanell and Steve Burian Dept. of Philosophy, Dept.

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Avoiding Another Tower of Babel: Lessons Learned from Team Teaching Across the Disciplinary Divide Ed Barbanell and Steve Burian Dept. of Philosophy, Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering University of Utah Design requires *&X>!D)+] Values and &*&X>!D)+]

(U.S. DOI 2003) Course brings together students from engineering, humanities, sciences, planning, and other disciplines to learn necessary cross- disciplinary knowledge, skills, critical thinking, and creativity to develop sustainable water management solutions in the western U.S. “Anyone who solves the problem of water deserves not one Nobel Prize but two – one for science and the other for peace” - John F. - John F. Kennedy “Whiskey is for drinking, water’s for fighting about” - Mark Twain Hydrotopia: Sustainable Water Mgmt

Integrate throughout curriculum… (Evans and Lynch 2008) Motivation for Course How to Implement? 1.Gen. ed. requirements 2.Modules (e.g., guest speakers) 3.Broadly read CE profs 4.Multidisciplinary courses

1.Cultivate in engineering professionals responsible for planning, designing, and managing water resources systems a broader sensibility about the cultural climate in which they will operate. 2.Develop in humanists, social scientists and others who will be responsible for shaping and articulating that cultural climate a more grounded understanding of water solutions and technologies available to them. by having students trade places we will stimulate innovative multi-disciplinary solutions to address water management issues in the west Hydrotopia Goals

 Explain water projects to non-technical people  Describe multi-disciplinary elements of water projects  Analyze broader impacts of water projects  Judge implications of technical and non-technical water project decisions in a societal context  Communicate with others to develop and recommend multi-objective solutions to water resources challenges Course Learning Objectives

Course Organization

 Preparation: reading, movies, videos, articles  Classroom: faculty presentations, guest presentations, discussions, moderated debates, student presentations  Assignments: case study analyses, defining “Hydrotopia”, position papers (pipeline, dam removal, water grab, toilet- to-tap), technical projects  Stimulate critical thinking  Force students to analyze water projects from outside their disciplinary perspectives (e.g., engineers argue against water development and humanists for water development) Pedagogical Approach

Water Engineering/ Law Expertise Philosopher Common Goal Team Teaching

Team Teaching Approach  Relationship: establish a good personal and professional relationship  Preparation: both involved in planning and conducting all phases of course  Classroom: both present for all activities – not a parade of stars  Grading/Assessment: both grade, calibration needed  Student interaction: continuous interaction for all phases

Calibration  Consistency and structure: we need to be very structured and organized in our approach to teaching – there already are many moving parts with two instructors  Expectations: students must hear identical expectations from both instructors and of all students  Fair: must not take sides with “home” discipline

Effective Communication  In first offering in 2009 we discovered communication challenges among disciplines  Designed course elements to enhance communication: Lesson Learning Objectives, Outside Events (conference, seminars, etc.), Case Studies, Multi- discipline Structure for In-Class Exercises and team Project, and Instructor Interaction & Role Playing

 Team teaching essential to role play effective multi- disciplinary interaction  We tell students they will work in teams during their careers, yet we never provide models  As instructors we need to show appreciation, understanding, and ability to take perspective of others – opposite is typically what happens in classroom Role Play Interactions

 Engineers: able to explain broader worldview and importance of humanities and social sciences related to water projects  Humanities & Soc. Sci.: able to explain practicalities & engineering constraints associated with water projects  All Students: increased awareness of roles of other disciplines; able to place projects within societal context; achieved course learning objectives (team teaching worked!) Observed Outcomes

 Challenge: team teaching does not fit in typical teaching model – how can we both be teaching the same students and both get credit for it?!  Opportunity: interdisciplinary teaching grant  Opportunity: build into educational research opportunity & publish  Opportunity: brand as a unique, essential experience for the students  Our Solution: counts as teaching credit for both of us equally; because we made case to our chairs and they have an open mind to doing things differently and have the interest of students in mind Institutional Constraints

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