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It has been accepted for inclusion in Current Issues in Middle Level Education by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons@Georgia Southern. For more information, please [contact](contact digitalcommons@georgiasouthern.edu)[ digitalcommons@georgiasouthern.edu](contact digitalcommons@georgiasouthern.edu).  \nChildress: Understanding an Interdisciplinary Team  \nFrom Where Two or More are Gathered: Understanding an Interdisciplinary Team  \nGlynnis Childress  \nMontclair State University  \nIntroduction  \nThis study explores the types of professional learning teachers report when participating inan interdisciplinary team at the high school level. Most research on interdisciplinary teaming focuses on the middle school level, and it is unclear whether the benefits of teaming can be realized at the high school level. Analyzing teachers’ reported experiences within this particular approach to collaboration is especially interesting because collaboration among teachers is often described as though it was a “natural” and “easy” thing to achieve, when in reality, rich and authentic collaboration can be quite difficult to foster. High-quality collaboration and teamwork are essential in all areas of life (e.g., schools, businesses, families) if outcomes are to be optimized. Focusing on interdisciplinary teaming at the high school level is of particular interest because much of the research pertains to teaming at the middle school level, and yet, high schools seem to be ideal contexts for facilitating teaming because often times students struggle with attendance, academics and dropping out during the first two years of high school and teaming offers a proactive approach to address these issues (Teaming, 2013) . For this reason, I use social learning theory to analyze the professional learning of a newly created team of high schoolteachers. In addition, this is a participatory action research project, in which I serve as a participant on this newly formed high school team.  \nLiterature Review and Theoretical Framework  \nInterdisciplinary teaming embodies a multitude of benefits for teachers, ranging from positive personal and professional growth, communal support, and increased job satisfaction rates (McLaughlin, 1993; Husband & Short, 1994; Flowers, Mertens & Mulhall, 2002; Shah, 2012, Fairman & Mackenzie, 2015). For example, in some school settings (e.g., U.S. middle schools) teachers are divided into interdisciplinary teams expressly for the purpose of working together to improve classroom practice across all content areas (Flowers, Mertens & Mulhall, 2000; Moolenaar, Sleegers & Daly, 2012). Unsurprisingly, too, teachers working in interdisciplinary teams have reported an increase in professional dialogue and sharing of resources and ideas (Cook & Faulkner, 2010; Newman & Wehlage, 1995; Wilson, 2007) . Thus, it is easy to argue that collaborative opportunities, such as interdisciplinary teaming, offer teachers real and rew","cbCaiegBKu6w1qFj","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiegBKu6w1qFj","pdf",295309,"English","# Introduction\n# Literature Review and Theoretical Framework","[{\"question\":\"What is the study’s primary purpose?\",\"answer\":\"To investigate the types of professional learning teachers report when working on an interdisciplinary team at the high school level.\"},{\"question\":\"Why does the study emphasize the high school context?\",\"answer\":\"Because much prior interdisciplinary teaming research centers on middle school, while the study argues high schools are promising for supporting students’ attendance and academic challenges through teaming.\"},{\"question\":\"Which theoretical framework and research approach guide the analysis?\",\"answer\":\"The study uses social learning theory and is conducted as participatory action research, with the author participating in the newly formed team.\"}]","From Where Two or More are Gathered - Understanding an Interdisciplinary Team | PDF",15]