Interdisciplinary learning and teaching in higher education : theory and practice / edited by Balasubramanyam Chandramohan and Stephen Fallows.

Other author Chandramohan, Balasubramanyam, 1955-
Other author Fallows, Stephen J.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Routledge, 2009.
Descriptionxvi, 167 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects

Contents Horizontal : matters that apply across entire programs -- "Problems may cut right across the borders" : why we cannot do without interdisciplinarity / R.J. Ellis -- Ethics of interdisciplinarity : theory and practice / Susan Illingworth -- Supporting interdisciplinary studies using learning technologies / Allison Littlejohn and David Nicol -- Assessment in interdisciplinary and interprofessional programs : shifting paradigms / Lorraine Stefani -- Understanding "how students learn, both generally and in the subject" / Shân Wareing -- Cross-faculty interdisciplinary work : how to work with the "others" / Susana Lorenzo-Zamorano -- Staff development for interdisciplinary programs / Gwen van der Velden -- Work-based learning as interdisciplinary study : a discussion of pedagogy and practice / Kate Irving -- Student feedback on interdisciplinary programs / Lee Harvey -- Vertical : matters that apply to a field of study -- Interdisciplinary tourism education / Tazim Jamal and Dawn Jourdan -- Five strategic imperatives for interdisciplinary study in mass communications/media studies in the U.S.and U.K. / Robert J. Petrausch -- Interdisciplinary science : a case study in the management of innovation / Derek Raine -- Theory and practice of interdisciplinarity in futures studies / A. Sundaram -- Interdisciplinarity in learning and teaching in religious studies / Melanie J. Wright and Justin Meggitt -- Conclusion: Towards interdisciplinarity in the twenty-first century / Balasubramanyam Chandramohan and Stephen Fallows.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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