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Interdisciplinary teaching
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<p>Interdisciplinary teaching is a method, or set of methods, used to teach across curricular disciplines or "the bringing together of separate disciplines around common themes, issues, or problems.” Often interdisciplinary instruction is associated with or a component of several other instructional approaches. For example, in a review of literature on the subject published in 1994, Kathy Lake identified seven elements common to integrated curriculum models: a combination of subjects; an emphasis on <a href="/facts/Project-based_learning/CDpnlvJS">projects</a>; the use of a wide variety of source material, not just textbooks; highlighting relationships among concepts; <a href="/facts/Thematic_Instruction/8xwBT6RJ">thematic units</a>; flexible schedules; and flexible student grouping. </p>