Enacting Interdisciplinarity: Lessons from Crafting a Multi-Dimensional, Experiential Field Study

Autor/inn/en	Myles, Colleen C.; Baltzly, Vaughn Bryan
Titel	Enacting Interdisciplinarity: Lessons from Crafting a Multi-Dimensional, Experiential Field Study
Quelle	In: Geography Teacher, 18 (2021) 3-4, S.101-106 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Myles, Colleen C.) ORCID (Baltzly, Vaughn Bryan)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1933 8341
DOI	10.1080/19338341.2021.1939099
Schlagwörter	Interdisciplinary Approach; Study Abroad; Geography Instruction; Ethical Instruction; Foreign Countries; College Programs; Philosophy; Food; Agriculture; Environmental Education; Italy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Geography education; Geography lessons; Geografieunterricht; Ethics instruction; Teaching of ethics; Ethikunterricht; Ausland; Studienprogramm; Philosophie; Lebensmittel; Landwirtschaft; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Italien
Abstract	The study abroad program described in this article aims to create an integrated learning experience by pairing the geographer's sense (and appreciation) of place and space with the environmental ethicist's dedication to (and interrogation of the practice of) valuing and preserving places and spaces--both of which are explored through the lens of systems of agriculture and food production. The particular place chosen as the setting, and as the focus of the geographic and ethical analysis, is none other than one of the richest "food and agriculture regions" of the world: the provinces of Tuscany and Umbria, the "Green Heart of Italy" (Rowlinson 2019). The goal was, and is, to create and provide a program that: (1) spans multiple academic "levels" (undergraduate, masters, and PhD); (2) is accessible to people carrying varying credit loads; and (3) serves students from diverse disciplinary homes. In the most practical sense, the way the authors "enact(ed) interdisciplinarity" is through a multilevel study abroad experience that comprises courses in geography and philosophy and that takes food and agriculture as its subjects, particularly emphasizing these as human practices that have shaped, and been shaped by, the geography and history of central Italy. Though the vision was compelling, it took some extensive planning and cross-disciplinary thoughtfulness to figure out how to execute it. As might be expected, a variety of constraints (as well as opportunities) emerged as the authors sought to build an interdisciplinary, short-form study abroad course that must, by design, offer something to suit the varied needs of the diverse array of students that such a wide-ranging program would (hopefully!) attract. This paper explains the nuts and bolts of how these challenges were resolved while bringing a vision to fruition. (ERIC).
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Update	2024/1/01