Recognizing Connections Between Disciplines

Recognizing Connections Between Disciplines

Answer the following questions thoroughly in a reflection paper of at least 2 pages, double-spaced.

1. What is the issue or problem that your guest speaker(s) addressed, and what discipline does the guest
speaker(s) hail from?

2. What did you learn about the issue or problem? For example, what facts (empirical evidence),
assumptions, questions, or approaches were presented?

3. What differences did you notice between the way your TLC course has approached this topic / problem
and the way the guest speaker(s) approaches it? For example, do the disciplines make different
assumptions about the issue/ problem? Do the disciplines study the problem/ issue in different ways,
or use different techniques? Are the two disciplines giving different answers to the same questions, or
are they asking different questions? Explain.

Articulating the Benefits of Integration

4. In what way does your thinking about the guest speaker’s comments and your inquiry in your TLC
class about the same issue/ problem encourage you to think about this issue differently?

5. Are there any challenges to thinking about this issue/ problem from bot/J disciplinary perspectives (of
guest speaker(s) and TLC course discipline)?

6. What are the benefits of thinking about this problem/ topic from different disciplinary perspectives,
simultaneously?