Interdisciplinary Practices In Higher Education

Author : Martin Davies
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857243713
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Interdisciplinary Higher Education written by Martin Davies and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2010-11-08 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a contemporary of our understanding and practice of interdisciplinary higher education. This book considers a range of theoretical perspectives on interdisciplinarity: the nature of disciplines, complexity, leadership, group working, and academic development.

Author : Balasubramanyam Chandramohan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134295928
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching in Higher Education written by Balasubramanyam Chandramohan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-12-04 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As universities increasingly offer courses that break the confines of a single subject area, more students are enrolling on interdisciplinary programmes within multidisciplinary departments. Teaching and learning within interdisciplinary study requires new approaches, including an understanding of the critical perspectives and frameworks and the rearranging of intellectual and professional boundaries. Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching in Higher Education explores the issues and tensions provoked by interdisciplinary learning, offering helpful information for: Staff development Distance learning Mass communication courses Interdisciplinary science courses Grounded in thorough research, this collection is the first of its kind to provide practical advice and guidance from around the world, improving the quality of teaching and learning in interdisciplinary programmes.

Author : Bianca Vienni-Baptista
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1040019129
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Interdisciplinary Practices in Higher Education written by Bianca Vienni-Baptista and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-06-28 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on eight crowdsourced cases, Interdisciplinary Practices in Higher Education demonstrates the range and diversity in approaches to teaching, learning and collaborating across disciplinary and institutional borders. The cases explore everyday challenges within interdisciplinary higher education experiences such as designing study programmes, planning curricula, ensuring sufficient assessment and feedback for diverse groups of students and coordinating and aligning expectations with external stakeholders. Each case is analysed by three leading experts, providing solutions and practical guidance to support practice. Chapters explore the challenges of: Breadth versus depth in interdisciplinary teaching and learning activities Disciplinary identities in interdisciplinary collaborations The governance and administration of interdisciplinary courses and study programmes Career trajectories for interdisciplinary researchers Aligning expectations with stakeholders in transdisciplinary endeavours A highly practical, solution-based book, this is an essential read for lecturers, students, researchers and others who might wish to embark on an interdisciplinary path or develop future border-crossing practices within their higher education institutions.

Author : Martin Davies
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857243721
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Interdisciplinary Higher Education written by Martin Davies and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2010-11-08 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a contemporary of our understanding and practice of interdisciplinary higher education. This book considers a range of theoretical perspectives on interdisciplinarity: the nature of disciplines, complexity, leadership, group working, and academic development.

Author : Balasubramanyam Chandramohan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134295936
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching in Higher Education written by Balasubramanyam Chandramohan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-12-04 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As universities increasingly offer courses that break the confines of a single subject area, more students are enrolling on interdisciplinary programmes within multidisciplinary departments. Teaching and learning within interdisciplinary study requires new approaches, including an understanding of the critical perspectives and frameworks and the rearranging of intellectual and professional boundaries. Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching in Higher Education explores the issues and tensions provoked by interdisciplinary learning, offering helpful information for: Staff development Distance learning Mass communication courses Interdisciplinary science courses Grounded in thorough research, this collection is the first of its kind to provide practical advice and guidance from around the world, improving the quality of teaching and learning in interdisciplinary programmes.

Author : Lisa R. Lattuca
Publisher : Vanderbilt University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780826513830
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Creating Interdisciplinarity written by Lisa R. Lattuca and published by Vanderbilt University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interdisciplinarity, a favorite buzzword of faculty and administrators, has been appropriated to describe so many academic pursuits that it is virtually meaningless. With a writing style that is accessible, fluid, and engaging, Lisa Lattuca remedies this confusion with an original conceptualization of interdisciplinarity based on interviews with faculty who are engaged in its practice. Whether exploring the connections between apparently related disciplines, such as English and women's studies, or such seemingly disparate fields as economics and theology, Lattuca moves away from previous definitions based on the degrees of integration across disciplines and instead focuses on the nature of the inquiry behind the work. She organizes her findings around the processes through which faculty pursue interdisciplinarity, the contexts (institutional, departmental, and disciplinary) in which faculty are working, and the ways in which those contexts relate to and affect the interdisciplinary work. Her findings result in useful suggestions for individuals concerned with the meaning of faculty work, the role and impact of disciplines in academe today, and the kinds of issues that should guide the evaluation of faculty scholarship.

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309470641
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Integration of the Humanities and Arts with Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in Higher Education written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2018-06-21 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the United States, broad study in an array of different disciplines â€"arts, humanities, science, mathematics, engineeringâ€" as well as an in-depth study within a special area of interest, have been defining characteristics of a higher education. But over time, in-depth study in a major discipline has come to dominate the curricula at many institutions. This evolution of the curriculum has been driven, in part, by increasing specialization in the academic disciplines. There is little doubt that disciplinary specialization has helped produce many of the achievement of the past century. Researchers in all academic disciplines have been able to delve more deeply into their areas of expertise, grappling with ever more specialized and fundamental problems. Yet today, many leaders, scholars, parents, and students are asking whether higher education has moved too far from its integrative tradition towards an approach heavily rooted in disciplinary "silos". These "silos" represent what many see as an artificial separation of academic disciplines. This study reflects a growing concern that the approach to higher education that favors disciplinary specialization is poorly calibrated to the challenges and opportunities of our time. The Integration of the Humanities and Arts with Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in Higher Education examines the evidence behind the assertion that educational programs that mutually integrate learning experiences in the humanities and arts with science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM) lead to improved educational and career outcomes for undergraduate and graduate students. It explores evidence regarding the value of integrating more STEMM curricula and labs into the academic programs of students majoring in the humanities and arts and evidence regarding the value of integrating curricula and experiences in the arts and humanities into college and university STEMM education programs.

Author : Annie Aarup Jensen
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030188426
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Interdisciplinarity and Problem-Based Learning in Higher Education written by Annie Aarup Jensen and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-09-14 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses the relation between Problem-Based Learning (PBL) and interdisciplinarity and challenges the often implicit assumption that PBL leads to interdisciplinarity by default. The book examines theoretical and philosophical aspects of PBL and interdisciplinary learning. The first part of the book conceptualises the notions of problem-based learning and interdisciplinary learning, and highlights some key overlaps and ways of conceiving of their interrelatedness. It discusses the role of problem-based medical education in relation to interdisciplinary professionalism in medical education. Taking the reader into the realm of techno-anthropology, the book discusses the role of problems and projects in transgressing disciplines, and presents an analysis of three challenges facing new students when entering interdisciplinary and problem-based higher education. The second part of the book focuses on practicing interdisciplinarity in problem-based higher education. It explores how the construction of problems in interdisciplinary PBL projects can be seen from the perspectives of multicultural groups, and examines group processes in interdisciplinary PBL projects. It concludes by taking a closer look at student practices in interdisciplinary PBL, and at how students are positioned and position themselves in the complex transdisciplinary PBL project.

Author : Joseph J. Kockelmans
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 0271038268
Total Pages : 389 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Interdisciplinarity and Higher Education written by Joseph J. Kockelmans and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Scott Frickel
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 0813585910
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Investigating Interdisciplinary Collaboration written by Scott Frickel and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2016-11-25 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interdisciplinarity has become a buzzword in academia, as research universities funnel their financial resources toward collaborations between faculty in different disciplines. In theory, interdisciplinary collaboration breaks down artificial divisions between different departments, allowing more innovative and sophisticated research to flourish. But does it actually work this way in practice? Investigating Interdisciplinary Collaboration puts the common beliefs about such research to the test, using empirical data gathered by scholars from the United States, Canada, and Great Britain. The book’s contributors critically interrogate the assumptions underlying the fervor for interdisciplinarity. Their attentive scholarship reveals how, for all its potential benefits, interdisciplinary collaboration is neither immune to academia’s status hierarchies, nor a simple antidote to the alleged shortcomings of disciplinary study. Chapter 10 is available Open Access here (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK395883)