 |
Team-Teaching an Interactive and Community-Based Methods Course: A Case Study
| |
| | Unformatted Document Text:
2
ABSTRACT
This paper reviews the problems and prospects of a course that addressed these concerns.
BIS 302: Interdisciplinary Principles, a core requirement of the Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies program at Arizona State University, was taught and developed by political scientists Kevin Ellsworth, John Linantud, and Dave Wells in the 2001-2002 academic year, and by Linantud again in Summer 2002. BIS 302 incorporated team-teaching, cross-training, original research, and small group work, and invited local organizations to supply investigative topics to the class. Despite problems associated with these issues, methods teachers should consider carefully adopting several of the features of this course. Cross training would require teachers to explore techniques associated more with comparative politics and international relations, and both cross-training and original research would necessitate a class separate from statistics. Team-teaching and small group work may also be unavoidable. As long as the rules and expectations are recognized and enforced among all participants, team-teaching, small groupwork, and even community outreach can succeed.
|
| |
| |
|
|
2
ABSTRACT
This paper reviews the problems and prospects of a course that addressed these concerns.
BIS 302: Interdisciplinary Principles, a core requirement of the Bachelor of Interdisciplinary
Studies program at Arizona State University, was taught and developed by political scientists
Kevin Ellsworth, John Linantud, and Dave Wells in the 2001-2002 academic year, and by
Linantud again in Summer 2002. BIS 302 incorporated team-teaching, cross-training, original
research, and small group work, and invited local organizations to supply investigative topics to
the class. Despite problems associated with these issues, methods teachers should consider
carefully adopting several of the features of this course. Cross training would require teachers to
explore techniques associated more with comparative politics and international relations, and
both cross-training and original research would necessitate a class separate from statistics. Team-
teaching and small group work may also be unavoidable. As long as the rules and expectations
are recognized and enforced among all participants, team-teaching, small groupwork, and even
community outreach can succeed.
|
|
 Convention | | Need a solution for abstract management? All Academic can help! Contact us today to find out how our system can help your annual meeting. | | Submission - Custom fields, multiple submission types, tracks, audio visual, multiple upload formats, automatic conversion to pdf. | | Review - Peer Review, Bulk reviewer assignment, bulk emails, ranking, z-score statistics, and multiple worksheets! | | Reports - Many standard and custom reports generated while you wait. Print programs with participant indexes, event grids, and more! | | Scheduling - Flexible and convenient grid scheduling within rooms and buildings. Conflict checking and advanced filtering. | | Communication - Bulk email tools to help your administrators send reminders and responses. Use form letters, a message center, and much more! | | Management - Search tools, duplicate people management, editing tools, submission transfers, many tools to manage a variety of conference management headaches! | | Click here for more information. |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
