Publications and Other Resources

Peer Reviewed Articles

Learning Across Disciplines

Barber, J. P. (2012). Integration of Learning: A Grounded Theory Analysis of College Students’ Learning. American Educational Research Journal, 49(3), 590–617. https://doi.org/10.3102/0002831212437854 

Hennessy, E., Hernandez, R., Kieran, P., & MacLoughlin, H. (2010). Teaching and learning across disciplines: Student and staff experiences in a newly modularized system. Teaching in Higher Education, 15(6), 675-689. https://doi.org/10.1080/13562517.2010.507301 

Bullough, R. V. (2006). Developing Interdisciplinary Researchers: What Ever Happened to the Humanities in Education? Educational Researcher, 35(8), 3–10. https://doi.org/10.3102/0013189X035008003 

Arts Based Learning

Siler, T. (2011). The ArtScience Program for Realizing Human Potential. Leonardo 44(5), 417-424. https://www.muse.jhu.edu/article/449965 

Dick RW, Berning JR, Dawson W, Ginsburg RD, Miller C, Shybut GT. Athletes and the arts–the role of sports medicine in the performing arts. Current Sports Medicine Reports. 2013 Nov-Dec;12(6):397-403. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24225525/

J. Brooke Ernest & Ricardo Nemirovsky (2016) Arguments for Integrating the Arts: Artistic Engagement in an Undergraduate https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10511970.2015.1123784

Arguments for Integrating the Arts: Artistic Engagement in an Undergraduate Foundations of Geometry CourseFoundations of Geometry Course, PRIMUS, 26:4, 356-370, DOI: 10.1080/10511970.2015.1123784 

Gurnon D, Voss-Andreae J, Stanley J. Integrating art and science in undergraduate education. PLoS Biol. 2013;11(2):e1001491. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001491. Epub 2013 Feb 26.  https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.1001491

Land MH. Full steam ahead: The benefits of integrating the arts into STEM. Procedia Computer Science. 2013;20:547–552. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877050913011174?via%3Dihub

Non Peer Review Articles

Learning Across Disciplines

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/07/harvards- general-education-curriculum-encourages-broad-and-deep- examinations-of-big-questions/ 

Jones, Casey (2009) “Interdisciplinary Approach – Advantages, Disadvantages, and the Future Benefits of Interdisciplinary Studies,” ESSAI: Vol. 7, Article 26. Available at: http://dc.cod.edu/essai/vol7/iss1/26

Willmott, Benjamin, “Assessing the Performing Arts Experience at a STEM-based Institution” (2022). Thesis. Rochester Institute 3 of Technology. https://scholarworks.rit.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=12477&c ontext=theses

Arts Based Learning

LEARNing Landscapes Journal – Vol 13 No 1 (2020): The Role of Performances in Educational Practices 

Books

The Integration of the Humanities and Arts with Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in Higher Education: Branches from the Same Tree

STEM, Theatre Arts, and Interdisciplinary Integrative Learning [electronic resource] : Bridging the Cultures / by Nancy Kindelan

Arts-based Methods and Organizational Learning: Higher Education Around the World. Tatiana Chemi, Xiangyun Du. Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63808-9

Perspectives in interdisciplinary and integrative studies / edited by Patrick C. Hughes, Juan S. Muñoz and Marcus N. Tanner; foreword by Lawrence Schovanec

Linked courses for general education and integrative learning [electronic resource] : a guide for faculty and administrators / Edited by Margot Soven, Dolores Lehr, Siskanna Naynaha, and Wendy Olson – Penn State University Libraries Catalog (psu.edu)

Teaching the whole student: engaged learning with heart, mind, and spirit / edited by David Schoem, Christine Modey, and Edward P. St. John; foreword by Beverly Daniel Tatum – Penn State University Libraries Catalog (psu.edu)

The Oxford handbook of interdisciplinarity – Penn State University Libraries Catalog (psu.edu)

TED Talks

“Why we should learn across disciplines” – George Ananda (2021) https://www.ted.com/talks/george_ananda_why_we_should_learn_acr oss_disciplines

“A call to reinvent liberal arts education” – Liz Coleman (2009) https://www.ted.com/talks/liz_coleman_a_call_to_reinvent_liberal_arts _education?language=en

 University Produced Videos

Designing Integrative Studies General Education Courses for Online Delivery at Penn State University, College of Arts and Architecture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PB6HISfGkZw

The Ucross Experiment: cross-pollination of arts and sciences

Integrative Learning (George Kuh, Elon University)  https://youtu.be/2FGC-tFNZK8