Teaching Across Disciplines: Reimagining University Education for Today's Multidisciplinary Problems

Update: 2020-06-22

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In the 15th episode of Climate History, co-hosts Dagomar Degroot and Emma Moesswilde interview Kathryn de Luna, Provost's Distinguished Associate Professor in the Department of History at Georgetown University. Professor de Luna combines paleoscience, archaeology, and historical linguistics to explore the deep history of eastern, central and southern Africa before the 20th century. At Georgetown, she is on the cutting edge of developing new courses and teaching methods that introduce students to ways of understanding the past that go well beyond the traditional practice of history. In this episode, Professor de Luna describes the courses she teaches; outlines the potential and peril of multidisciplinary learning; and gives concrete advice for how to make university education truly multidisciplinary.

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Teaching Across Disciplines: Reimagining University Education for Today's Multidisciplinary Problems

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Teaching Across Disciplines: Reimagining University Education for Today's Multidisciplinary Problems

Dagomar Degroot

Teaching Across Disciplines: Reimagining University Education for Today's Multidisciplinary Problems