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Interdisciplinary Studies: Preparing Students for a Complex World

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Additionally, it encourages collaboration, teamwork, and effective communication among students and faculty from various disciplines (Weinberg & Harding, 2004). One approach is for higher administration, deans, and faculty to commit to an interdisciplinary agenda and review course syllabi for evidence of interdisciplinary focus.

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Interdisciplinary Studies: Preparing Students for a Complex World

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Additionally, it encourages collaboration, teamwork, and effective communication among students and faculty from various disciplines (Weinberg & Harding, 2004). One approach is for higher administration, deans, and faculty to commit to an interdisciplinary agenda and review course syllabi for evidence of interdisciplinary focus.

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Embracing the Silence

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Weimer has authored and edited eight books; most recently Learner-Centered Teaching and Enhancing Scholarly Work on Teaching and Learning. References Zemlylas, M. and Michaelides, P. The sound of silence in pedagogy. Educational Theory, 54 (2), 193-2004. Birkel, ed., The Inward Teaching: Essays to Honor Paul A.

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Using Mind Maps to Improve Assessment and Group Work

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She also presents regularly on topics related to pedagogy and faculty development. She is the author of Reveries of Community: Epic in the Age of Henri IV (2018) and the co-editor of Polemic and Literature Surrounding the French Wars of Religion (2019). Martín Ponti is an associate professor of Hispanic studies at Washington College.

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Using Mind Maps to Improve Assessment and Group Work

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She also presents regularly on topics related to pedagogy and faculty development. She is the author of Reveries of Community: Epic in the Age of Henri IV (2018) and the co-editor of Polemic and Literature Surrounding the French Wars of Religion (2019). Martín Ponti is an associate professor of Hispanic studies at Washington College.

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Carnegie Mellon–Africa receives $275M investment

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The other $100 million will be used to establish the Center for the Inclusive Digital Transformation of Africa, a hub for a network of at African universities across the continent that will receive funding for faculty development, cutting-edge technology and engineering programs, and other initiatives.