1. Designing Lessons and Instruction that are Interdisciplinary By: Denise Hunt, Michele Talbert Smith, and Kathy Stiles

2. Interdisciplinary/Cross Curricular Teaching involves a conscious effort to apply knowledge, principles and values to more than one academic discipline simultaneously involves a conscious effort to apply knowledge, principles and values to more than one academic discipline simultaneously connects content and consciously identifies the relationships between these subjects connects content and consciously identifies the relationships between these subjects

3. How does discipline teaching differ from interdisciplinary teaching? What impact does discipline teaching have on interdisciplinary teaching? What impact does discipline teaching have on interdisciplinary teaching? Why are both necessary and equally important? Why are both necessary and equally important?

4. How will interdisciplinary teaching impact students? How will interdisciplinary teaching help prepare students for an evolving globally connected future? How will interdisciplinary teaching help prepare students for an evolving globally connected future?

5. What kind of job opportunities will be available in 20, 50, 75 years? What is the best way to prepare students for those opportunities? What is the best way to prepare students for those opportunities?

6. Multidisciplinary : The combination of several content areas that are concerned with one problem, but without intentional integration Multidisciplinary : The combination of several content areas that are concerned with one problem, but without intentional integration Interdisciplinary - involves a conscious effort to apply knowledge, principles and values to more than one academic discipline simultaneously Interdisciplinary - involves a conscious effort to apply knowledge, principles and values to more than one academic discipline simultaneously Transdisciplinary : “Beyond the scope of the disciplines; that is, to start with a problem and bring to bear knowledge from the disciplines. Transdisciplinary : “Beyond the scope of the disciplines; that is, to start with a problem and bring to bear knowledge from the disciplines.

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