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Thinking Like a Disciplinarian
Connecting to, exploring within,
and across disciplines
A GATE Best Practices Tune-Up
Key Ideas
Increases awareness of the discipline, thus adding depth and complexity to the subject matter
Requires learning about the specialized vocabulary, tools and skills of each discipline
Connects a student’s own interests and abilities to a subject and a discipline
Allows the student to immerse self into the study of a discipline
Creates a greater awareness of the contributions of the disciplines to the world
Thinking Like a Scholar
Disciplinary studies can begin with an examination of scholarly behavior
Attributes of scholarly behavior can be identified and applied to accomplished people and the disciplines they represent
Students can then make connections between themselves and the disciplinarian
Is _________ a Scholar?
Read the biography of _______ and look for traits of a scholar.
Note examples of scholarliness.Setting Goals
Perseverance Intellectual Risk Taker
Excellence
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Connecting to a Discipline
Myself as a scholar
Common Details
Disciplinarian as a scholar
Focus
Persevere
Ask questions
Desires knowledge
Exploring Within a Discipline
Directed lessons can be given on disciplines as they relate to an area of study.
Thinking Like an Historian Thinking Like a Geographer Thinking Like a Sociologist Thinking Like a Scientist Thinking Like a Mathematician
A Differentiated Word Wall Can Be Developed
Discipline Vocabulary Tools Skills
Historian-Studies the past and present events of people
Artifacts
Chronology
Primary Resource
Secondary Resource
Records of the past:
Books
Diaries/Journals
News articles
Research
Documentation
Asks questions
Economist-Studies the use of resources
Profit & loss
Shortage/surplus
Ratio
Sample
Computer
Calculator
Compute
Analyze
Collect data
Make graphs
Marine Biologist-
Specie
Plankton
Organisms
El Nino
toxins
Net
Diving equipment
Underwater camera
Ability to swim/use diving equipment
Classify
Analyze
Within Discipline Studies Can Be Even More Specific
• Thinking Like A Scientist Chemist Geologist Biologist Botanist Naturalist Paleontologist
Connecting Across Disciplines
Once students have an understanding of the disciplines, they can look at an area of study from the various perspectives of different disciplines.
The teacher can build this into the content planning.
Economic(Details)
History(Over time)
Sociology(Patterns)
Industrial Revolution
Student Ownership
The goal is for the student to select a disciplinarian role to apply to their studies
Opportunities can be provided through Learning Centers Role-playing Revisiting text through the eyes of a
disciplinarian
Thinking Like a Sociologist With a Fiction Story
Discuss a fiction story the students have previously read using the following chart as the basis of revisiting the story:
Characters Role Problem
Use the completed chart as the basis to have students practice identifying the sociological concepts of dynamics, interactions, and roles. Lead discussions with these questions:
Which characters assumed a leader or follower role? How did the role of the character affect the interaction
between them? How does the role of the character affect their problem
or the major problem or conflict in the story?
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