Exploring the Effects of Student-teacher Interaction in Interdisciplinary Education From Art and Technology Workshop

The purpose of this research is to probe how student-teacher interaction, especially in arts and technology workshops held in Taiwan, influences interdisciplinary collaboration and learning. Using interactive theory, observations made during workshops were analyzed individually to find recurring themes, cross-comparisons between workshops were made, and conclusions based on analysis of data drawn. In order to ensure validity and reliability, triangulation was used to cross-examine collected data. The results show that five factors affect student/instructor interactions: differing backgrounds, language differences, teaching content and purpose of the workshop, requirements of the workshop, and the influence of new relationships.