Abstract:
The paper presents the authors’ experience in stimulating the synergy
of disciplines via active learning methods; the emphasis being on project based
learning. Promoting this method is demonstrated in the context of teachers’
training courses and developing a set of IT textbooks. Numerous examples are
presented showing that the synergy of various disciplines is quite natural when
integrating the study of IT with math & art & fashion design; math & language;
history & crafts & math; electrical engineering & math. The project samples
developed by teachers are inspired by ideas in textbooks and are accomplished
by means of specially designed computer applications. The importance of
working on projects tuned to the learner’s interest as a decisive motivation
factor is emphasized. In addition authors show that the bouquet of projects
becomes more colorful with every new issue of the courses thanks to the
learners’ creativity and the collaborative knowledge building.
