In defense of disciplines
Subtitle: interdisciplinarity and specialization in the research university
By: Jerry A. Jacobs
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press; University of Chicago Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 273
ISBN-13: 9780226069296; 9780226069326
Subjects: Interdisciplinary research; Communication in science; Higher Education; Philosophy; Interdisciplinary approach in education
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part 1. Academic disciplines, specialization, and scholarly communication; title: The critique of disciplinary silos; title: Dynamic disciplines; title: Specialization, synthesis, and the proliferation of journals / (coauthored with Rebecca Henderson); title: Silos versus Web; title: Receptivity curves: educational research and the flow of ideas; title: Part 2. Interdisciplinary alternatives; title: Antidisciplinarity; title: American studies: interdisciplinarity over half a century; title: Integrative undergraduate education; title: Implementing interdisciplinarity; title: Appendix: Data sources.