STEM, Theatre Arts, and Interdisciplinary Integrative Learning: Bridging the Cultures

Acknowledgments
Praise for STEM, Theatre Arts, and Interdisciplinary Integrative Learning
Contents
About the Author
List of Images
Chapter 1: Introduction: Why Include Theatre Arts in New Modes of Undergraduate Education?
	References and Suggestions for Further Reading
Chapter 2: Meeting the Challenges of Shifting Education Paradigms
	Introduction
	Greater Expectations, AAC&U’s Essential Learning Outcomes, and Principles of Excellence
	Educational Practices
	Integrating STEM with the Humanities and Arts
	Conclusions
	References and Suggestions for Further Reading
Chapter 3: Let’s Get Started
	Introduction
	Liberal Arts, Liberal Education, and General Education
	Why Integration and What Is It?
	STEM, STEAM, and SHTEAM
	Other Examples of Integration (STS, STIRS, and STEMM)
	Modes of Learning: Multidisciplinary, Interdisciplinary, Transdisciplinary, Integrative, and Applied
	Transformative Learning
	Factoring in Implementation
	Conclusions
	References and Suggestions for Further Reading
Chapter 4: Enhancing Learning Through Integrative Education: On the Road
	Introduction
	Learning in the Digital Age
	Integrative Learning: Signature Work and Capstones
	The Whole Is Greater than the Sum of Its Parts
	Disciplinary Knowledge Versus Interdisciplinary Connections
	Additional Roadblocks
	The Road Ahead
	From the Inside Looking Out
	A Call to Action
	Conclusions
	References and Suggestions for Further Reading
Chapter 5: Bridging the Gap Between STEM and Theatre Arts
	Introduction
	Theatre Arts Programs and the Theatre Practitioner
	Signature Pedagogies
	The Theatre Practitioner
	The Scientist
	The Mathematician
	The Engineer
	The Scientist, the Mathematician, the Engineer, and the Theatre Artist
	Liminal Spaces
	The Artistic Paradox: Humanism Versus Practicality
	Conclusions
	References and Suggestions for Further Reading
Chapter 6: The Marriage of Disparate Disciplines
	Introduction
	Bridging the Gap Between Theatre and STEM
	The Artist as Scientist and the Scientist as Artist
	Leonardo da Vinci and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
	Collaborative Partnerships
	Conclusions
	References and Suggestions for Further Reading
Chapter 7: The Creative Spirit
	Introduction
	What Is Creativity?
	Where Is Creativity?
	Can Creativity Be Taught?
	Crossing Boundaries: Myths, Misconceptions, and Labels
	The New Frontier: “ArtScience” Collaborations
	Creative Pathways
	The Practice of Making
	Design Thinking and Systems Thinking
	Conclusions
	References and Suggestions for Further Reading
Chapter 8: Facing the Creative Imperative
	Introduction
	Decoding the Disciplines
	More About Decoding
	Unpacking the Language, Strategies, and Creative Process in Theatre Arts
	No Muses on Stage Please
	Beyond “Soft Skills”
	Toward Effective Storytelling
	What Is an Imagistic Analysis?
	Practicing the Art of Creativity in Theatre
	Teasing Out Similarities
	Divergent and Convergent Thinking
	Various Positions on the Scientific Method
	Sharing Creative Practices: Engineering and Theatre
	Social and Professional Skills
	Walking the Walk
	Sitting at the Table of Curriculum Reform
	Conclusions
	References and Suggestions for Further Reading
Chapter 9: Answered and Unanswered Questions
	Introduction
	Making the Case
	Looking Forward
	The Players and the Process
	Questions, Concerns, and Suggestions for Further Research
	References and Suggestions for Further Reading
Appendix V1: Good Questions: Drawing on Theater to Educate Reflective Engineers as Civic Participants, by Alison Wood
	Understand Your World
Appendix V2: Constructing and Performing the Self: An Interdisciplinary Course That Transforms Scholars and Selves, by Jonathan M. Adler
Appendix V3: Contemplating Science: A New Educational Paradigm for Interdisciplinary and Integrative Learning in Engineering, by Yevgeniya V. Zastavker and Madhvi J. Venkatesh
Appendix V4: Theater Brings Community Voice to Bear on Wicked Problems, by Sarah A. Brownell
Appendix V5: The Three-Year Theatre Engineering Capstone Experience: Scaffolding the Integration of Theory and Practice, by Rich Dionne
Appendix V6: Portfolios That Build Community, by Leigh Witek
Appendix V7: Going Beneath, by Lance Gharavi
	The Players
Appendix V8: Transdisciplinary and Multimodal Live Performance Research and Integration into the Curriculum, by Daniel Fine
	The Preamble
	Vision
	Obstacles to Overcome
	Student Engagement
	Curricular Outcomes Associated with the Research
	Toward the Future
Appendix V9: Data Theatre, by Rahul Bhargava
Appendix V10: Mechanics Meets Metaphor: An Interdisciplinary Web, by Liam Hofmeister
Appendix V11: A Heart–Brain Connection: What Giraffes Taught Me About Science and the Arts, by Virginia Anderson
Appendix V12: Reflections, by Shane L. Collins
Appendix V13: Catalyst Collaborative@MIT: Pictures of Practice, by Debra Wise
Biographies
Index