Presentation
Pedagogy for a Wicked World: The Value and Hazards of a Transdisciplinary, Dialogue-Driven, Community Engaged Classroom Model
Innovations in Collaborative Modeling Conference, Michigan State University
(2015)
Abstract
This presentation provides a number of strategies for instructors interested in a more participatory, transdisciplinary, and experiential educational model in order to foster real-world change around our high-stakes, complex public problems. By utilizing soft system’s thinking in addition to a feminist pragmatist methodology students can successfully collaborate with community partners and integrate across their disciplinary expertise in order to co-develop and implement action-plans with community stakeholders. Given the value of this work, but also the challenges, this session also highlights the potential pitfalls of working to prepare students for a messy, iterative process of collaboratively learning-by-doing in a “wicked” world.
Keywords
- wicked problems,
- pedagogy,
- community engagement,
- soft systems thinking,
- pragmatism
Disciplines
Publication Date
Spring 2015
Citation Information
Danielle L Lake. "Pedagogy for a Wicked World: The Value and Hazards of a Transdisciplinary, Dialogue-Driven, Community Engaged Classroom Model" Innovations in Collaborative Modeling Conference, Michigan State University (2015) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/danielle_lake/18/