STLHE 2016 SAPES

This workshop offers an open discussion forum surrounding the conceptions of intra-, inter-, multi-, cross-, and trans- disciplinarity in curricular contexts. Learners will consider the challenges, opportunities, and implications of making curricular decisions with multiple disciplinary approaches in mind. Learners will be empowered to intentionally examine their own contextualized process as they ask themselves and others: How might we characterize the various dimensions of disciplinarity? In what instances are these dimensions naturally occurring and/or planned? In what ways do current approaches and practices inform and invite a disciplinary spectrum?

Our session will incorporate pedagogies of engagement, including both active and collaborative learning opportunities. We have included a range of activities such as a case study exercise, a reflective 2-minute paper, and group discussion. Participants of the workshop will explore their own conceptualizations of disciplinarity along a continuum that spans intra-, inter-, cross-, multi-, and trans-disciplinarity. In groups, workshop participants will work collectively to arrive at a shared operational definition. Participants will then be given the opportunity to contextualize these disciplinary dimensions with examples from their institutional contexts. By the end of the session we would like learners to:
(a) conceptualize dimensions of disciplinarity,
(b) investigating approaches that include various disciplinary dimensions along the continuum and,
(c) critically reflect on potential manipulations in their current context inspired by the workshop activities.