Interdisciplinary learning cultivates a mindset of active inquiry that draws from a range of disciplinary ways of thinking in order to investigate essential questions and ideas about the world.
We so frequently hear from kids & community alike the need for purpose-driven learning experiences, rooted in the world outside of school as a contrast to their experience of school as individualized, isolated & isolating: that is to say, not really connected to things they find meaningful & valuable to learn about, not connected to the peer & community relationships they want to build, and not connected the world outside of school.
I think that the world is necessarily interdisciplinary, meaning you start with a complex problem or an interest or something else that exists out there in the world and you draw from a range of perspectives and frameworks and content
and skills in order to address it.There are three aspects of interdisciplinary learning: critical thinking, collaboration, and reflection.
Interdisciplinary learning is not a step-by-step guide, it’s going to look different depending on your context.
MINDFOOD IV: Top 3 Interdisciplinary Lessons – YouTube
What School Ought to Teach (WSOT) list consists of 10 key competencies, embedded in a humanistic view, that prepare young people for life in a perpetually changing world.
What School Ought to Teach (WSOT) list – Holistic Think Thank
- How to confront themselves with challenges
- How to function in relation to the world and nature, as well as with one’s own body
- The ideas of science and scholarship (learning)
- How to function in society
- Aesthetic and cultural awareness
- How to function in variable contexts and environments
- How to function in relation to the state
- Entrepreneurship
- Interpersonal communication
- Self-development
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