Amping-Up Pedagogy through Interdisciplinary Instruction: A Study of the Effects of Interdisciplinary Instruction on Undergraduate Attitudes and Values Related to Energy Issues at the U.S. Naval Academy

Autor/inn/en	Caton, Patrick; Ernst, Howard; Flack, Karen; Smith, Joseph P.; Swope, Kurtis
Titel	Amping-Up Pedagogy through Interdisciplinary Instruction: A Study of the Effects of Interdisciplinary Instruction on Undergraduate Attitudes and Values Related to Energy Issues at the U.S. Naval Academy
Quelle	In: Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Education, 6 (2017) 1, S.1-14 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2166-2681
Schlagwörter	Military Schools; Energy Education; Interdisciplinary Approach; Instructional Effectiveness; Student Attitudes; Values; Undergraduate Students; Attitude Change; Engineering; Economics; Oceanography; Political Science; Maryland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Militärschule; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Unterrichtserfolg; Schülerverhalten; Wertbegriff; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Maschinenbau; Volkswirtschaftslehre; Ozeanografie; Staatslehre; Politikwissenschaft; Politische Wissenschaft
Abstract	This study makes use of a pre-test/post-test design (with a control group) to test the effect of an interdisciplinary energy course on student attitudes and values related to energy issues. The interdisciplinary energy course was co-taught by engineering, political science, economics, and oceanography professors at the United States Naval Academy during the fall of 2015. The study finds that students in the interdisciplinary energy course experienced significant changes in their energy attitudes on half the categories tested, while students in the control group did not experience similar changes. The changes were greatest among female students, politically moderate students, and engineering students. The findings suggest that interdisciplinary instruction can have a powerful impact on student values, but that the impact works through existing demographic and ideological factors. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01