Excitement in Core Curriculum Classes

Abstract

Team teaching, interdisciplinary classes, and various combinations of the two have appeared as models in the literature for decades. They are not widely used, however. Our experience suggests ways to minimize the problems and maximize the advantages of an inter disciplinary, team-taught class. Perhaps some form of our practice could energize your classroom. We teach in the humanities and social science divisions of a two-year college in a state university system. When discussing ways to challenge junior college students, we began to explore the idea of offering interdisciplinary courses. The history teacher wanted to eliminate the common