TY - GEN
T1 - Interdisciplinary Learning in K-12 Humanities and Its Outcomes
AU - Deutsch, Nurit Novis
AU - Cohen, Etan
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PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - This paper introduces a novel assessment tool designed to measure Interdisciplinary Competencies within K-12 Humanities Education, emphasizing Interdisciplinary Learning (IL-Humanities). The tool's conceptual framework posits that IL-Humanities has a dual capacity to facilitate cross-disciplinary knowledge building and transdisciplinary identity work among students. We operationalize these concepts into three key competencies: comprehension, integration, and synthesis, each demonstrated through diverse actions. We used the Interdisciplinary Competences Assessment (ICA) to evaluate the effectiveness of IL-Humanities units designed by teachers in ten Israeli middle schools, using a quasi-experimental pre-post intervention/comparison design. While IL-Humanities units positively influenced learners' interdisciplinary competencies, our findings indicate these competencies require further development for optimal impact.
AB - This paper introduces a novel assessment tool designed to measure Interdisciplinary Competencies within K-12 Humanities Education, emphasizing Interdisciplinary Learning (IL-Humanities). The tool's conceptual framework posits that IL-Humanities has a dual capacity to facilitate cross-disciplinary knowledge building and transdisciplinary identity work among students. We operationalize these concepts into three key competencies: comprehension, integration, and synthesis, each demonstrated through diverse actions. We used the Interdisciplinary Competences Assessment (ICA) to evaluate the effectiveness of IL-Humanities units designed by teachers in ten Israeli middle schools, using a quasi-experimental pre-post intervention/comparison design. While IL-Humanities units positively influenced learners' interdisciplinary competencies, our findings indicate these competencies require further development for optimal impact.
KW - integrative education identity-work
KW - interdisciplinary competences
KW - interdisciplinary learning
KW - learning in the humanities
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105005833115
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AN - SCOPUS:105005833115
T3 - Proceedings of International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS
SP - 1850
EP - 1853
BT - ISLS Annual Meeting 2024
A2 - Lindgren, Robb
A2 - Asino, Tutaleni
A2 - Kyza, Eleni A.
A2 - Looi, Chee-Kit
A2 - Keifert, D. Teo
A2 - Suarez, Enrique
PB - International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS)
T2 - 18th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2024
Y2 - 10 June 2024 through 14 June 2024
ER -