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Hawaii Strategy Institute 2016
Hawaii Strategy Institute 2016
Collaboration to enrich
learning and teaching
Examples in
Motivation
Terminology
Examples
Recipe
Motivation
1+1 > 2
Intersections
Accreditation
Terminology
Intra-disciplinary: working within a single
discipline
Cross-disciplinary: viewing one discipline from the
perspective of another
Multi-disciplinary: people from different
disciplines working together, each drawing on their
disciplinary knowledge
Inter-disciplinary: integrating knowledge and
methods from different disciplines, using a real
synthesis of approaches
Source: Stember, M.
(1991)
Trans-disciplinary: creating a unity of intellectual
Framework
Pre-requisites
Contact
Connect
Agree to collaborate
Commit
Collaborate
Champion
Characteristics
Formality: accountability
Paid or volunteer
Funding
Reporting requirements
Number of disciplines
Size & number of participants
Complexity: organization, communication
Time scale: one-off or multiple instances
Duration
Lecture Exchange
Lecture exchange 1
Music instructor gives guest lecture on EV ethics
in philosophy class
Philosophy instructor gives guest lecture on
Celtic Music in music class
Lecture exchange 2
Music instructor gives guest lecture on Enron
Case Study in philosophy class
Philosophy instructor gives guest lecture on
world religions in music class
Combine Classes
Spanish students join music class and read
Spanish lyrics of art songs of Latin America
before performance
Ukulele students join piano class and play
music for Earth Day Jam (video)
Piano students perform in art studio while
artists paint; artwork displayed in piano
classroom (video)
Piano students play in autoshop (video);
Veterans Resource Center (video)
Combine Classes for
Project
National Anthems Project:
American History students each choose a
country, research history and lyrics of the
national anthem, analyze and compare with
Star Spangled Banner
Music Theory students analyze the music of
anthems for melody, harmony, rhythm, tempo
Classes meet to report results and hear the
anthems being played on the piano
Best student work awarded and recognized by
International Student Awareness Day
Combine Classes for
Project
Champion
Opportunity knocks
Take a risk