Guía para el diseño de cursos interdisciplinarios

The document provides a comprehensive guide for designing interdisciplinary courses, based on a 2014 intensive program in Morelia, Mexico. It details the process from conceptualization and participant selection to curriculum design and field practice in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve. The guide emphasizes the importance of diverse participant profiles, the use of situated learning through projects, and the necessity of a 'critical path' for logistical planning. Key outcomes included the creation of a Latin American network for social-ecological studies and a code of ethics for collaborative research.

• Interdisciplinary learning is essential for addressing complex environmental problems and requires the integration of diverse disciplines and action-oriented visions to understand social-ecological systems.
• A successful interdisciplinary course requires a diverse team of facilitators capable of navigating different knowledge domains and a group of participants with varied academic and professional backgrounds.
• The course design followed a seven-stage process for co-designing field projects: presenting context, identifying problems, identifying thematic nuclei, prioritizing nuclei, identifying winners and losers of decisions, determining intervention strategies, and developing methodologies.
• Situated learning through field practice is critical; in this case, collaboration with the NGO Alternare, A.C. allowed students to apply theoretical concepts to real-world problems in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, specifically focusing on water issues in the communities of Crescencio Morales and Donaciano Ojeda.
• Logistical planning should utilize a 'critical path' (ruta crítica) to manage dependencies between activities such as calls for participants, space identification, and budget management for transport and lodging.
• The course produced five key outputs: a code of ethics, a technical report for the NGO and local communities, a scientific article on interdisciplinary work, a Latin American network of social-ecological studies, and the design guide itself.
• Evaluation must be continuous and situated, using tools like the Participatory Evaluation Manual (MEP), 'thermometer' flipcharts for group climate, and 'gap' flipcharts to identify missing information.

APA

González-Jiménez, D., Franquesa, M., & Bueno, I. (2014). Guía para el diseño de cursos interdisciplinarios. Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. https://iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/uploads/2015/04/guia04-CRN3097.pdf

Chicago

González-Jiménez, David, Montserrat Franquesa, and Isabel Bueno. Guía para el diseño de cursos interdisciplinarios. Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research, 2014. https://iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/uploads/2015/04/guia04-CRN3097.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{gonzlezjimnez2014gua, author = {González-Jiménez, David and Franquesa, Montserrat and Bueno, Isabel}, title = {{Guía para el diseño de cursos interdisciplinarios}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, year = {2014}, url = {https://iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/uploads/2015/04/guia04-CRN3097.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }