STEM conference 2019: Embedding STEM in Social Science curricula: An experiment in interdisciplinary education

In 2018 the teaching team from LSE’s flagship interdisciplinary course LSE100 and staff from the Digital Skills Lab worked together on a module to develop students’ critical thinking and digital skills addressing the question “Is there a path to global food security?” Using data visualisation tools to interrogate datasets from public bodies and governmental organisations students learned how to leverage technology to gain insights into important social science questions as well as developing commercially valuable technical skills. This session will share feedback and lessons learned from this truly innovative and interdisciplinary approach to developing next generation teaching in STEM.