scholarly journals Case Studies of the Structure, Dynamics, and Outcomes of Interdisciplinary Team Organization in Oregon Middle Schools

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gail Lyon
Author(s):  
Kathleen Jasonides ◽  
Janet Karvouniaris ◽  
Amalia Zavacopoulou

Innovative since its inception, the ACS Honors Humanities program has a long history of more than 40 years as an interdisciplinary team-taught course that examines essential questions through literature, visual and performing arts, philosophy and history. This innovative approach has continued to motivate successive teaching teams to modify and enhance a program that challenges students academically, utilizing the best possible resources and taking advantage of new technology. The program consists of two year-long, completely integrated i2Flex ACS Athens Honors diploma courses and three i2Flex 20-week enrichment courses accessible to students anywhere. This chapter presents two case studies which explain the transformation of the Honors Humanities course from Face to Face to i2Flex. The authors describe and present examples of how they redesigned the courses. They present data on student feedback and findings regarding the benefits and challenges of adopting the i2Flex methodology for this program. This chapter is intended as a reference for teachers, teachers in training and professionals who train teachers.


HortScience ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 490g-491
Author(s):  
Helene Murray ◽  
Richard P. Dick ◽  
Daniel Green-McGrath ◽  
Larry S. Lev

Calls for increased farmer involvement in research and extension programs have been numerous and well supported. One approach to integrate the collective knowledge and experience of scientists and farmers is through whole farm case studies (WFCS). An interdisciplinary team of 34 research and extension personnel at Oregon and Washington State Universities conducted WFCS of 16 vegetable and small fruit farms. The WFCS process proved useful in developing an interdisciplinary team, and the vast majority of team members stated they would consider using the WFCS approach again; but the primary constraint cited was the amount of time required. Team members gained a better understanding of the complexity of farms and identified areas requiring further research. Farmers stated they enjoyed participating and discovered new information that will assist them in managing their fanning systems. Farmer-developed innovations were identified that are useful to other farmers and to the research process.


2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melati Nungsari ◽  
Maia Christine Dedrick ◽  
Shaily Patel

Interdisciplinary teaching has been advocated as a means to foster cooperation between traditionally separate fields and broaden students’ perspectives in the classroom. We explored the pedagogical difficulties of interdisciplinary team teaching through a first-year seminar in magic, religion, and the origins of science. Although many accounts in the literature suggest a more cohesive approach to interdisciplinary teaching, we first introduced the separate fields, their methodologies, and limitations before combining the insights from all three fields to analyze case studies relating to the main themes of the course. In this case study, we reflect on how this ‘pieces-to-picture’ method reduced student confusion when confronted with several disciplines in our classroom.


1989 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
pp. 15-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin T. Plodzik ◽  
Paul George

2014 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 474-475
Author(s):  
Randi Diamond ◽  
Michele Greene ◽  
Ronald Adelman ◽  
Dory Hottensen ◽  
Lucy Bruell ◽  
...  

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 507-519 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelly Knollman Porter ◽  
Fofi Constantinidou ◽  
Kathleen Hutchinson Marron

PurposeThe Miami University Concussion Management Program was established in 1999 to assess, manage, and monitor athletes who sustain concussions and experience neurobehavioral and neurocognitive symptoms secondary to their injury. The purpose of this article is to describe the established procedures of one of the oldest university-based interdisciplinary concussion management programs that is coordinated by speech-language pathologists (SLP).MethodThe theoretical and clinical underpinnings of baseline and postconcussion neurocognitive assessment and management procedures are discussed. Additionally, 2 illustrative case studies are presented to demonstrate the evolution and implementation of the interdisciplinary concussion management protocol and to present different patterns of concussion symptoms and recovery. Paper and computer-based neurocognitive assessment protocols are discussed and integrated in the case studies.Results/ConclusionsSuccessful management of sport-related concussion requires an interdisciplinary team that understands the unique neurobehavioral and neurocognitive symptoms associated with sports concussions. SLPs can play a valuable role on the interdisciplinary team in the prompt and appropriate management of postconcussion symptoms so that athletes can successfully return to their athletic, academic, and social activities.


1992 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 27-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas E. Gatewood ◽  
Gerald Cline ◽  
Gerald Green ◽  
Sharon E. Harris

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