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    The Synergistic Classroom
    Interdisciplinary Teaching in the Small College Setting

    Corey Campion (Edited by), Aaron Angello (Edited by), Corey Campion (Contributions by), Aaron Angello (Contributions by), Paul D. Reich (Contributions by), Patricia Marchesi (Contributions by), Patrick L Hamilton (Contributions by), Allan W. Austin (Contributions by), Christine Dehne (Contributions by), Jonathan Munson (Contributions by), April M Boulton (Contributions by), Erika Cornelius Smith (Contributions by), Maryann Conrad (Contributions by), Julia F. Klimek (Contributions by), Christine D Myers (Contributions by), Audra L Goach (Contributions by), Hilary Cooperman (Contributions by), Winston Ou (Contributions by), Lana A. Whited (Contributions by), Sharon E. Stein (Contributions by), Martha Barcenas-Mooradian (Contributions by), Amanda M. Caleb (Contributions by), Alicia H. Nordstrom (Contributions by), Tina L Hanlon (Contributions by), Peter Crow (Contributions by), Susan V Mead (Contributions by), Carolyn L Thomas (Contributions by), Delia R. Heck (Contributions by), Paola Prado (Contributions by), Autumn Quezada-Grant (Contributions by)

    9781978818422

    Hardback, published 16 October 2020

    232 pages, 1 table
    22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.454 kg

    "Unique and excellently written, The Synergistic Classroom illuminates honest yet hopeful realities about the overlooked system of interdisciplinary teaching in educational institutions. This comprehensive volume provides successful methods of teaching that can easily be implemented to enhance interdisciplinary courses."  
    - Vicki L. Baker (author of Charting Your Path to Full: A Guide for Women Associate Professors)
    "The Synergistic Classroom provides concrete examples of how to create interdisciplinary experiences that engage students in the curriculum, foster critical thinking, and support team work. This is a great exploration of the heart of professorship-to facilitate learning."
    - Amy Rottmann (Lenoir-Rhyne University)
    "Unique and excellently written, The Synergistic Classroom illuminates honest yet hopeful realities about the overlooked system of interdisciplinary teaching in educational institutions. This comprehensive volume provides successful methods of teaching that can easily be implemented to enhance interdisciplinary courses."  
    - Vicki L. Baker (author of Charting Your Path to Full: A Guide for Women Associate Professors)
    "The Synergistic Classroom provides concrete examples of how to create interdisciplinary experiences that engage students in the curriculum, foster critical thinking, and support team work. This is a great exploration of the heart of professorship-to facilitate learning."
    - Amy Rottmann (Lenoir-Rhyne University)

    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.

    Contents
    Introduction: Building Bridges in a Land of Colleges
    Corey Campion
    Part I: Teaching Across the Disciplines
    Chapter 1: The Anxiety of Interdisciplinary Teaching
    Aaron Angello
    Chapter 2: Challenging the Discipline: First-Year Seminars and the Benefits of an Interdisciplinary Model
    Paul D. Reich
    Chapter 3: More Than Just Another Core Class: The Interdisciplinary Composition Course
    Patricia Marchesi
    Chapter 4: Breaking Boundaries: Reflections on an Interdisciplinary Course on Race and Graphic Narrative
    Patrick L. Hamilton and Allan W. Austin
    Chapter 5: Interdisciplinary Interactivity: Team-Teaching App Design at a Small College
    Christine Dehne and Jonathan Munson
    Chapter 6: Honeybees and the Transdisciplinary Classroom: Bridging the Gaps between History, Environmental Science and Global Studies
    Corey Campion and April Boulton
    Part II: Programming Across the Disciplines
    Chapter 7: Learning, Leading, and Succeeding: Collaborative Culture and Experiential Interdisciplinary Studies at Nichols College
    Erika Cornelius Smith and Maryann Conrad
    Chapter 8: Why Can’
    t It Be Both?: Supporting Students Across the Spectrum of Abilities and Ambitions
    Julia Klimek
    Chapter 9: From Chemistry to History to Psychology: Creating a Multidisciplinary Minor in Investigative Forensics
    Christine D. Myers and Audra L. Goach
    Chapter 10: Creating a ‘
    Space of Appearance’
    through the Rollins College Foundations in Liberal Arts (rFLA) Program
    Hilary Cooperman
    Chapter 11: Flipping the Humanities Back into Mathematics
    Winston Ou
    Chapter 12: Arts in the Laboratory: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Honors Education in a Small College Setting
    Lana A. Whited and Sharon E. Stein
    Part III: Exploring Across the Disciplines
    Chapter 13: Science and Cultural Competence: Incorporating Hispanic Migrants’
    Knowledge and Experience in the Spanish Curriculum
    Martha BÁ
    rcenas-Mooradian
    Chapter 14: Authenticity and Empathy in Education: Team-Teaching “
    The Voices Project: Mental Health”

    Amanda M. Caleb and Alicia H. Nordstrom
    Chapter 15: Experiential Learning in the Rural, Small College Setting: Creating an “
    Appalachian Cluster”

    Tina L. Hanlon, Peter Crow, Susan V. Mead, Carolyn L. Thomas, and Delia R. Heck
    Chapter 16: “
    Hold my PiÑ
    a Colada: Operational and Ethical Considerations for Interdisciplinary Experiential Learning Study Abroad”

    Paola Prado and Autumn Quezada-Grant 
    Notes on Contributors
    Index
     
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