Abstract
This paper examines the implementation difficulties and the student learning outcomes during a test of interdisciplinary teaching in one course. During two semesters, the course, titled “Communicating in the Business Environment,” was co-taught by a Business School faculty member and an English faculty member; the two subsequent semesters, the course was taught by a Business faculty member only. This presentation will examine pragmatic issues such as implementation of a joint teaching arrangement, counting of course load credit, the logistics of student evaluations, course design issues, and management of student expectations in having two teachers. Strategies for success in achieving a smooth implementation will be discussed. It will conclude with a comparison of student learning outcomes over the four semesters. The audience will use in-class “clickers” to take a short survey and will work in small groups to attempt to rewrite a business document.
Location
Room 2904
Publication Type and Release Option
Event
Recommended Citation
Furick, Michael and Stearns, Jennie, "Strategies for Success in Interdisciplinary Team Teaching" (2010). SoTL Commons Conference. 8.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/sotlcommons/SoTL/2010/8
Strategies for Success in Interdisciplinary Team Teaching
Room 2904
This paper examines the implementation difficulties and the student learning outcomes during a test of interdisciplinary teaching in one course. During two semesters, the course, titled “Communicating in the Business Environment,” was co-taught by a Business School faculty member and an English faculty member; the two subsequent semesters, the course was taught by a Business faculty member only. This presentation will examine pragmatic issues such as implementation of a joint teaching arrangement, counting of course load credit, the logistics of student evaluations, course design issues, and management of student expectations in having two teachers. Strategies for success in achieving a smooth implementation will be discussed. It will conclude with a comparison of student learning outcomes over the four semesters. The audience will use in-class “clickers” to take a short survey and will work in small groups to attempt to rewrite a business document.
