Observations and interviews show that this did not necessarily lead to deep multi-disciplinary content connections in the overall instruction, but the teachers increased their ability to talk about related ideas across their classes.
The teachers felt the STEM-based projects they developed in the summer failed to support multi-disciplinary content consistent with the content-based expectations they held for their own courses.
Stull CL, McDonough SP: Multi disciplinary approach to evaluating welfare of veal calves in commercial facilities.
To develop and evaluate a pilot multi disciplinary education and support group programme for patients with fatigue post cancer treatment.
Three approaches surfaced among the teachers in making multi-disciplinary connections: (1) connecting themes and content across courses, (2) identifying multi-disciplinary "big ideas" that could support integration, and (3) developing projects and working backwards to fit in disciplinary content.
Interestingly, STEM disciplinary content did not emerge as a defining component across school models.
The participants described how disciplinary content and course structure also influenced the strategies and resources they used.
Still, others focus on STEM disciplines by integrating STEM disciplinary content across all courses, including English Language Arts and History.
Adequately coordinating key disciplinary content and practices in a STEM-based PBL environment often requires new instructional norms and practices.
Most importantly, the site provides discipline and grade level specific tips, strategies, and tools for integrating key concepts regarding the nature and process of science across disciplinary content.
The design should articulate and orchestrate the disciplinary content, pedagogical theory, experience based on practice and the use of increasingly diverse and sophisticated technological resources (Goodyear & Retalis, 2010).
