A cross-disciplinary approach to education is known to be the most beneficial. What are its advantages and why does Robo Wunderkind perfectly fit the criteria?

Learning across disciplines: what is it?

“Cross-disciplinary” is a general term used to refer to learning activities which overlap across disciplines but remain connected by a single shared subject. Put another way, cross-disciplinary means that topics are studied by applying methodologies of other - unrelated - disciplines.

The study of programming is a good example of a cross-disciplinary approach. At first glance, programming might not be seen as a creative pursuit, but there is much more to it than just coding lines of ungraspable text. Programming may also be seen as a form of art, with programmers offering visionary solutions to a given problem, or as a form of literacy, similar to that of any other language.

The benefits of cross-disciplinary learning

Nowadays, the way we work can be described as cross-disciplinary: people rarely devote themselves to one profession, let alone the fact that the boundaries of one profession often overlap the framework of other disciplines.

Therefore, at work, as well as generally in life, it is important to be able to apply knowledge broadly and view things from multiple perspectives, as solutions to one problem don’t lay within one discipline.

Accordingly, learning should match the problem-solving patterns of the real world. In that sense, the key is to integrate cross-disciplinary subjects within the curriculum. For instance, programming. Programming combines several disciplines such as IT, math, languages and art. This means that  children dive into various different fields while learning how to program and code.

Cross-disciplinary learning is deeply beneficial in that it encourages higher motivation and deeper understanding. This approach helps deepen the learning experience and makes it more accessible to transfer ideas across different fields of study.

Creating more meaningful learning helps children to actually reflect on their gained knowledge and later easily apply problem-solving ideas from class to real-world solutions.

Robo Wunderkind across disciplines

Robo Wunderkind has been used in IT, language, art, and even math lessons. Some educators have even used Robo Wunderkind to teach their students complex subjects such as digital literacy. Robo Wunderkind has been a part of the FC Bayern Digital Campus, where our team programmed a robot which could score goals, in order to encourage children to be more creative and to think outside the box.

One of the main aims of cross-disciplinary learning is to teach children to make connections between ideas and concepts across different fields and apply knowledge gained in one discipline to a different one. Robo Wunderkind readily provides such learning experiences.

The most exciting thing about Robo Wunderkind is that it is endlessly creative in its use. With little effort, it could be easily implemented in any field as it is so versatile. This approach encourages children to be more creative, inventive and more tech-literate. Additionally, programming the toy by themselves brings a great sense of achievement and encourages children to explore coding even more.

This way of learning is almost effortless and extremely beneficial at the same time. Programming with Robo Wunderkind helps children develop important transferable skills such as critical thinking, creativity, communication and analysis in the process of programming and playing. Would could possibly be better?

Cross-disciplinary learning is the future and Robo Wunderkind is certainly on board with that.

Take a look at our educational materials and our curriculum and explore how we promote a cross-disciplinary use of programming and coding in more detail.