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Parker, Joe, Ed.; Samantrai, Ranu, Ed.; Romero, Mary, Ed. – SUNY Press, 2010
In the 1960s and 1970s, activists who focused on the academy as a key site for fostering social change began by querying the assumptions of the traditional disciplines and transforming their curricula, putting into place women's and ethnic studies programs that changed both the subject and methods of scholarship. The pattern of scholars and…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Black Studies, Social Class, Global Approach
Mayville, William V. – 1978
The many forms of interdisciplinarity in higher education institutions and the various ways it has been used to advance curricular changes are examined. Definitions of interdisciplinarity and its variants (multi-, pluri-, and transdisciplinarity) provide a conceptual framework for the examination. In this study, interdisciplinarity is understood…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Programs, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
O'Callaghan, Phyllis, Ed. – 1988
Thirteen essays describe the interdisciplinary approach of the graduate liberal studies program from the point of view of each of the disciplines involved: philosophy, history, art, literature, social science, psychology, science, and theology. The following are included: "Graduate Liberal Studies Programs: Origin and Aims" (Phyllis O'Callaghan);…
Descriptors: Art Education, College Programs, Educational Philosophy, Educational Theories