Understanding interdisciplinary challenges and opportunities in higher education
By: Karri A. Holley
Series: ASHE higher education report -- v. 35, no. 2; Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series; ASHE higher education report -- v. 35, no. 2.; Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series
Publisher: Jossey-Bass; Wiley Periodicals
Published: 2009
Place of publication: San Francisco, Calif; Hoboken, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 131
ISBN-13: 9780470553374
Subjects: Higher Education; Interdisciplinary approach in education
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 107-120) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Overview; title: Defining interdisciplinarity; title: The disciplines, interdisciplinarity, and the university; title: Interdisciplinarity, learning, and cognition; title: Interdisciplinarity and the practice of research; title: Faculty and institutional structure: the conflict of interdisciplinarity; title: Best practices related to interdisciplinary education; title: Implications for practice and the future of interdisciplinarity; title: pt. 2. Defining interdisciplinarity; title: Conceptualizing the disciplines; title: Conceptualizing interdisciplinary knowledge; title: pt. 3. The disciplines, interdisciplinarity, and the university; title: The historical influence of the disciplines on teaching and learning; title: Interdisciplinary initiatives in twentieth-century American higher education; title: pt. 4. Interdisciplinarity, learning, and cognition; title: The disciplinary basis of college student learning; title: Defining interdisciplinary curricula in higher education; title: pt. 5. Interdisciplinarity and the practice of research; title: Challenges to the  practice of  interdisciplinary  research; title: Facilitating  interdisciplinary research in higher education; title: pt. 6. Faculty and institutional structure : the conflict of interdisciplinarity; title: Interdisciplinarity, faculty, and change in higher education; title: Achieving institutional goals and interdisciplinary faculty engagement; title: Fostering faculty connections across institutional boundaries; title: Modifying activity systems to encourage interdisciplinarity; title: pt. 7. Best practices related to interdisciplinary education; title: Dedicated organizational and physical space; title: Student-centered pedagogy; title: Focus on problem- or theme-based learning; title: Curriculum shaped through a variety of interdisciplinary learning experiences; title: Culminating capstone project or student portfolio; title: Focus on collaborative learning rather than mastery of a particular content; title: Use of independent study, internships, and experiential learning; title: Goal of preparing students for a complex, modern, interdisciplinary future.