Replying to LO30560 --
Hello Stevens, welcome.
Before you read further, I like to beg you: Please, don't look too much to
my English, it is not my mother tongue :-)
You asked:
> Does anyone on the list have any suggestions for resources, or know of any
> similar work being done.
Instead of pointing you to other resources, as you asked, I like to tell
you an experience which I have with my workshops (creative thinking;
problem solving). I was particularly triggered by the composition of your
third section:
> The third section is much more of a melange of
> students--criminal justice, communications, English, general business,
> sociology, nursing, etc.
My own best experiences are with these multidisciplinary groups. It are
PhD students in their second year of research. Particularly, because they
tend to speak and think in 'different' languages. And in the exchange of
these languages is so much to learn (not in the least by the teacher, or
coach).
One of the things I ask my participents is to give a short presentation of
their own subject of research (or a particular problem in their subject)
AS IF THEY TELL IT TO THEIR MOTHER (or other non-specialised person), so
in lay-manīs language. This stimulates to leave their own specialisation
and its language, it breaks down the rigid boundaries between disciplines,
and restructures complex matters into the essence.
What I was thinking for you is that the students try to write (or aural
presentation) short essays of the same subject (for instance an
explanation of one of the five LO-disciplines) in 3 or more different
discipline īlanguagesī.
I expect a tremendous amount of learning.
I wish you much success and enthousiasm in your classes.
Leo Minnigh
--"leo minnigh" <minnigh@dds.nl>
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