Embracing the muddle: learning from the experiences from interdisciplinary teaching and learning collaboration
Interdisciplinary, collaborative teaching and learning is recognised as important for twenty-first century tertiary education that seeks to build students’ critical thinking, cultural competence and global understanding. However, the core elements needed for truly successful collaboration are little...
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| description | Interdisciplinary, collaborative teaching and learning is recognised as important for twenty-first century tertiary education that seeks to build students’ critical thinking, cultural competence and global understanding. However, the core elements needed for truly successful collaboration are little understood. This article presents a critical case study of a teaching team’s reflections on experiences in collaborating over two years to deliver a new interdisciplinary undergraduate course focused on culture and society. The findings highlight the importance of building a robust team culture built upon shared leadership, mutual trust and commitment, grounded by strong institutional support, to give any collaboration integrity and sustainability.
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| spelling | doaj-art-cfe41fc75f5149bd923a0c6c5a7e9c8b2025-08-20T03:24:36ZengTuwhera Open Access PublisherNew Zealand Journal of Teachers' Work1176-66622017-12-0114210.24135/teacherswork.v14i2.235Embracing the muddle: learning from the experiences from interdisciplinary teaching and learning collaborationCarol Neill0Deborah Corder1Keri-Anne Wikitera2Stephen Cox3Auckland University of TechnologyAuckland University of TechnologyAuckland University of TechnologyAuckland University of TechnologyInterdisciplinary, collaborative teaching and learning is recognised as important for twenty-first century tertiary education that seeks to build students’ critical thinking, cultural competence and global understanding. However, the core elements needed for truly successful collaboration are little understood. This article presents a critical case study of a teaching team’s reflections on experiences in collaborating over two years to deliver a new interdisciplinary undergraduate course focused on culture and society. The findings highlight the importance of building a robust team culture built upon shared leadership, mutual trust and commitment, grounded by strong institutional support, to give any collaboration integrity and sustainability. https://ojs.aut.ac.nz/teachers-work/article/view/235tertiary teaching and learningcollaborationinterdisciplinaryintercultural understanding |
| spellingShingle | Carol Neill Deborah Corder Keri-Anne Wikitera Stephen Cox Embracing the muddle: learning from the experiences from interdisciplinary teaching and learning collaboration New Zealand Journal of Teachers' Work tertiary teaching and learning collaboration interdisciplinary intercultural understanding |
| title | Embracing the muddle: learning from the experiences from interdisciplinary teaching and learning collaboration |
| title_full | Embracing the muddle: learning from the experiences from interdisciplinary teaching and learning collaboration |
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| title_short | Embracing the muddle: learning from the experiences from interdisciplinary teaching and learning collaboration |
| title_sort | embracing the muddle learning from the experiences from interdisciplinary teaching and learning collaboration |
| topic | tertiary teaching and learning collaboration interdisciplinary intercultural understanding |
| url | https://ojs.aut.ac.nz/teachers-work/article/view/235 |
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