C41 (Intro): Connecting with Specialist Teachers - a podcast by Lu Gerlach

Welcome to the fourth transdisciplinary challenge overview!

We can’t chat about transdisciplinary learning without connecting to the specialist (PE, Art, ICT)  and support (EAL, Special education, etc.) teachers.  Transdisciplinary learning is all about learning across disciplines, so why are our specialist and support teachers often left out in the process?  Aren’t they also another discipline?  

In my experience, specialist and support teachers are often on a lonely island on their own, since most homeroom teachers plan while their students are with their teammates.  When planning with the specialist and support teachers does occur, it’s often framed on how they can support the homeroom teacher, when it really should be a 50-50 relationship.  So how do we move forward to a better way? 

Let’s take a few minutes to look at ways to strengthen transdisciplinary connections with specialist and support teachers. 

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