Students believed interdisciplinary studio experiences would ease their transition into the workforce¶

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Currency · newest study 2020 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

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q2 i? Students reported that skills gained in the studio — working with different kinds of people, working autonomously, and learning from other disciplines — would help them "break the learning curve" entering the workforce. → Warr 2020

Evidence¶

Warr 2020¶

Warr, M. & West, R. E. (2020). Bridging Academic Disciplines with Interdisciplinary Project-based Learning: Challenges and Opportunities. The Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning. https://doi.org/10.14434/ijpbl.v14i1.28590

q2 · i? · the article prints no effect size for this finding · qualitative · r3

Interview findings: students believed the practical, problem-based nature of CID projects prepared them for careers, with one student explaining "You are making a product that is more like what you're going to be doing in the career you're in" and another predicting the experience would "break the learning curve."

"Several students said that their experiences in the CID studio will help them transition into the workforce."

Discussion¶

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