Integrated General Education and the Extent of Interdisciplinarity: The University of California-Merced's Core 1 Curriculum

Natural science education in the university core curriculum

“…Так, Th. Hothem описывает опыт внедрения программы Core 1 Калифорнийского университета в Мерседе для развития подлинного междисциплинарного мышления [46]. Здесь студентам был предложен инновационный курс The World at Home, демонстрирующий, как эксперты из естественно-научных и гуманитарных областей знания смотрят на мир и анализируют информацию.…”

Academic Advising in Individualized Major Programs

“…Thus, one commonly understood problem with the distribution model is that it often leaves to the student the responsibilities of drawing connections across courses and synthesizing the consequent knowledge gathered from those different, often disparate, fields of study. Hothem (2013) refers to this model as the "cafeteria approach," and he recognizes this central concern for student learning: "A common form of general education in American colleges and uni versities is the socalled cafeteria approach, where students take a smattering of courses outside their major and so, by dint thereof, are considered to be gener ally educated. Whereas such a smorgasbord may expose students to subjects and ways of thinking beyond their majors, it does not actively encourage students to make crossdisciplinary connections and ultimately supports disciplinary exclu sivity" (p. 85).…”