Coordinated Study Model
The learning community is engaged "full-time" (15-18 credits) in
interdisciplinary, active learning around themes. Faculty development
occurs through co-planning and team-teaching across disciplinary
boundaries.
- Faculty teams of 3-4 co-plan the coordinated study around an
over-arching theme, or around related content/skills subjects
- Generally, faculty members teach only in the coordinated study,
and students register for it as their entire "course load"
- Therefore, scheduling of class time becomes quite flexible:
opportunities for BLOCKS of time for lectures, discussions, field trips, workshops
- Frequent use of "book seminars," collaborative learning, and
student projects