Interdisciplinary Learning Activities

Hannah Edelbroek lectures for the Bachelor's programme Natural and Social Sciences. She is specialized in cognitive neuropsychology and health care ethics. Myrte Mijnders lectures for the Bachelor's programme Natural and Social Sciences and the programme Future Planet Studies. She is specialized in evolution and sustainability. Ger Post spent five years working at the Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies, including as a lecturer in academic skills for the Bachelor’s programme in Natural and Social Sciences. He now works as an educational specialist at the School of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Melbourne.

"We find inspiration in this book when we develop service-learning courses, honours programmes and other interdisciplinary courses, as this publication provides us with the necessary tools for teachers who want to let students from different academic backgrounds work together." – Hilde Creten & Nicole Totté, Dienst Onderwijsprofessionalisering en -ondersteuning, KU Leuven

• 1 Acknowledgements 2 Introduction 3 Interdisciplinary understanding 4 Interdisciplinary learning activities (ILAs) Workshops 5 Issue tree 6 CALQ discussion 7 Breaking news 8 Business model canvas 9 Socratic-style questioning 10 Concept map 11 Elevator pitch 12 Interdisciplinary debate 13 Personal strengths matrix 14 Shuffling teams 15 Team charter 16 Strengths game 17 Walt Disney strategy 18 A closer look at interdisciplinary texts 19 Complex systems 20 Designing an interdisciplinary research question 21 Finding a shared topic 22 The interdisciplinary shuttle 23 Managing data 24 Inter-professional team meeting Courses 25 Scenario analysis 26 Managing teamwork in big groups 27 Developing a campaign 28 Stakeholder’s view 29 Movies & matter 30 Panel discussion 31 OEPS model 32 Developing a collaborative E-book 33 Instrumental sketchbook 34 Writing a reflection essay Curricula 35 Reflection on (inter)disciplinarity 36 Reflection from different perspectives References Appendix Colophon