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Interdisciplinary Team Teaching: Leveraging Pedagogical Differences to Enhance Business Student Cognitive Capabilities

Track: MED

Keywords: Interdisciplinary, business education, case study

There is an increasing demand for interdisciplinary learning and teaching methods to cater to the commercial realities of industrial practice in an increasingly creative economy. Two different team teaching experiences are analysed to demonstrate how the four key interdisciplinary cognitive capabilities outlined by Repko’s (2008) were enhanced through these learnings. The analysis revealed a baseline level of understanding of existing practices and helped develop awareness about curriculum development, teaching philosophy and styles, and learning outcomes. We argue that a consilience-type of learning and teaching along with integrated operational tools manifest in an advanced form of team teaching is necessary.

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