As education continues to evolve and best practices, methods, and environments develop, there is a need for a space to obtain guidance, ideas, problems solving, exemplars, etc. Interdisciplinary, as known as cross-curricular, projects aren’t necessarily new to education; but often times these types of projects have been elementary school focused because the teachers are experts in multiple subject areas. In high school, interdisciplinary projects are more challenging, as subject areas and teachers are more divided. One teacher can connect the humanities in projects, and another teacher may include STEM in projects; but very rarely have we seen teachers as experts in individual subject areas joining together to have students create projects that connect three or four subject areas; for example, marketing, English, environmental science, and math. Many schools are transitioning from blended learning to more of a project/problem-based learning focus. Within the next 5 years, I see high schools transitioning even further into interdisciplinary PBL as I just described.
Let's learn from one another, work with each other, and build off the experiences and expertise to develop new designs and projects for this strategy of teaching. I ask you to join me on this adventure to help each other learn, grow, and succeed with our students.
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Angelina Valvona-Herndon: a high school teacher, blessed to work with at-risk students striving to succeed in academia and the real world. Archives
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