FutureLearn

Interdisciplinary Learning: Working Across Disciplines (FutureLearn)

Offered by University of Leeds,
Interdisciplinary Learning: Working Across Disciplines (FutureLearn)

Thinking of doing an interdisciplinary degree? Learn how to study and work in an interdisciplinary environment. Harness the benefits of interdisciplinary study and work. Real life problems are too complex to be solved by a single field of study. That’s why learning to work across different disciplines is a vital skill in our modern society.

Class Deals by MOOC List - Click here and see FutureLearn's Active Discounts, Deals, and Promo Codes.

On this course, you’ll discover what interdisciplinary learning is and learn how different disciplines develop their own methodologies and language.
You’ll explore how disciplines create and value different types of knowledge, and discover strategies for working in an interdisciplinary environment.
You’ll also learn how to make the most of interdisciplinary work and collaborate effectively in your own areas of practice.

Syllabus

Week 1: Why can interdisciplinary learning and working be challenging?
Week 2: How can you get the most from interdisciplinary learning and working?

What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

  • Explore how different disciplines have standardised focuses and methods for researching and solving problems.
  • Compare the ways that different disciplines create and discover knowledge, and the type of knowledge they create.
  • Evaluate the appropriateness and applicability of discipline-specific epistemologies to different needs and projects.
  • Reflect on how your understanding of your own discipline changes when you compare it to the principles and methods of other disciplines.

Who is the course for?
This course is designed for those preparing for a joint honours degree or an interdisciplinary degree at undergraduate or masters level.
It will also be useful for academic researchers undertaking research in new areas or professionals working on projects with people from different disciplines.

Go to Class
MOOC List is learner-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Related Courses

Good Practice in Autism Education (FutureLearn) FutureLearn
University of Bath

Good Practice in Autism Education (FutureLearn)

Education Health & Society

Autism is a highly varied condition and can be associated with exceptional academic ability through to intellectual disability. Currently there are many modalities of schooling for students with autism, including general special schools, autism-specific special schools, autism units within mainstream schools and being in a mainstream classroom.

Self Paced
4 Weeks
Education Inclusion Intellectual Disability
Details
Dangerous Questions: Why Academic Freedom Matters (FutureLearn) FutureLearn
University of Oslo,Scholars at Risk

Dangerous Questions: Why Academic Freedom Matters (FutureLearn)

Education Social Sciences

Explore the meaning of academic freedom and how it relates to core higher education and societal values. Challenge the limits to critical inquiry. Academic freedom is a fundamental value in modern higher education and research. On this course, you’ll find out how we can use academic freedom to ask critical questions and contribute to a democratic society.

Self Paced
3 Weeks
Education Higher Education Academic Freedom
Details
Preparing for University (FutureLearn) FutureLearn
University of East Anglia

Preparing for University (FutureLearn)

Education

Build the academic skills you need for learning at university and ease your transition from school learning to higher education. Develop writing, critical thinking, and analytical skills for university study. Learning at a university level requires enhanced critical thinking skills, as well as being able to hold a supported, substantive argument and critically analyse sources or data.

Self Paced
5-12 Weeks
Education Writing Higher Education
Details
Transforming Education in Challenging Environments (FutureLearn) FutureLearn
University College London,Centre for Lebanese Studies

Transforming Education in Challenging Environments (FutureLearn)

Education

Discover practical ways teachers can transform the education of children and young people living in conflict-affected contexts. Build the knowledge needed to teach children affected by difficult contexts. Teachers play an important role in supporting vulnerable children affected by mass displacement, crisis, and conflict. Refugee children may also be victims of violence and other issues that impact their emotional wellbeing and ability to learn. Teachers need to be prepared to deal with these difficulties.

Self Paced
4 Weeks
Education Learning Learning Environments
Details
Preparing for a PGCE (FutureLearn) FutureLearn
The University of Warwick

Preparing for a PGCE (FutureLearn)

Education

Introduce yourself to the PGCE programme and learn what the rewarding life of a teacher looks like. Get a headstart in the world of teaching with this introductory course. The PGCE is a postgraduate certificate in education that proves your credentials as a teacher in England, and can also allow you to teach abroad.

Self Paced
4 Weeks
Education Teaching Mental Health
Details
Multilingual Learning for a Globalised World (FutureLearn) FutureLearn
University of Glasgow

Multilingual Learning for a Globalised World (FutureLearn)

Education Teacher Professional Development

This free online course will explore multilingual education and how it can impact and improve education and even wider society. Our languages are an essential part of who we are as human beings. They are instruments of communication and are often a source of dignity and of human pride. Our life experiences and views of the world are bound up in our languages. Our sense of self might be strengthened by our ability to speak the language we choose or curtailed by our inability to understand the language that speaks to us.

Self Paced
3 Weeks
Learning Language Multilingual
Details
Creating Apps in the Classroom (FutureLearn) FutureLearn
Queensland University of Technology

Creating Apps in the Classroom (FutureLearn)

Education CS: Information & Technology

Find out how to create your own educational apps to support learning activities in your classroom. Learn how to create apps to use in your own teaching practice. There are many educational apps available, but the majority are created by non-educators. Platforms for developing apps are becoming increasingly user-friendly, so it’s easier for teachers to create apps to support their own classroom activities.

Self Paced
2 Weeks
Education Learning Teaching
Details
Getting Started with Teaching Data Science in Schools (FutureLearn) FutureLearn
University of Glasgow

Getting Started with Teaching Data Science in Schools (FutureLearn)

Education Engineering

Learn the basics of data science and how to introduce data science in the classroom. Learn practical ways to teach data science. Understanding how to use and interpret data will be essential for the next generation, but many schools and teachers aren’t equipped to teach basic data science to students. This course will help you introduce data science in the classroom so that your students are prepared for the future.

Self Paced
3 Weeks
Statistics Education Teaching
Details
Global Education for Teachers (FutureLearn) FutureLearn
University College London

Global Education for Teachers (FutureLearn)

Education

Discover key issues in global citizenship education and learn how to prepare your students for the global challenges of tomorrow. Incorporate global learning and global citizenship education into your teaching. Teachers today must prepare their students for a global future. Young people will need to learn how to positively engage with people from all over the world and build the skills and knowledge to become a global citizen.On this course, you’ll increase your confidence and ability to introduce global issues into your teaching. You’ll get CPD training in how to address global issues in your teaching and support global citizenship in your school.

Self Paced
3 Weeks
Education Learning Teaching
Details
Making Blended Education Work (FutureLearn) FutureLearn
University of Edinburgh,EMBED

Making Blended Education Work (FutureLearn)

Education

Explore challenges and advance blended learning practices in higher education. Improve high-quality and mature blended learning practice in higher education. On this course, you’ll explore emerging practices in blended learning and get introduced to a maturity model developed in a partnership of seven European higher education organisations.

Self Paced
5-12 Weeks
Education Blended Learning Higher Education
Details