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Rashid, Rafi – Issues in Interdisciplinary Studies, 2022
To confront the major challenges of the 21st century, doctoral students need to be able to think and work across disciplinary boundaries. I have been inspired by the "Interdisciplinary Research: Process and Theory" (2017) textbook, by Allen Repko and Rick Szostak, to reform an interdisciplinary doctoral curriculum in Singapore. For…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Graduate Study, Interdisciplinary Approach, Educational Change
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Rafi Rashid; Rick Szostak – Issues in Interdisciplinary Studies, 2023
The literature on interdisciplinary teaching has tended to stress undergraduate teaching. As interdisciplinary graduate teaching becomes increasingly common, we need to reflect on what graduate students need to know. This article discusses key ideas that all interdisciplinary graduate programs should communicate. In particular, we need to teach…
Descriptors: Graduate School Faculty, Interdisciplinary Approach, Graduate Study, Student Needs
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Bursztyn, Marcel; Maury, María Beatriz; Litre, Gabriela – Issues in Interdisciplinary Studies, 2016
This article analyzes the process of institutionalizing interdisciplinary graduate programs in Brazil, which has over more than four decades of experience implementing masters and doctoral problem-oriented programs designed to operate outside the disciplinary structure of universities. Brazil has a high degree of centrality and government…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Interdisciplinary Approach, Case Studies, Governance
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Ryan, Phillip; Kurtz, Jill Sornsen; Carter, Deanne; Pester, Danielle – Issues in Interdisciplinary Studies, 2014
This article is a collaboration by the lead faculty member in a Masters program in Intercultural Studies and students who completed the program under his aegis. This article presents the program's approach to its research course sequence, an approach involving the integration of interdisciplinary and qualitative research. The authors first provide…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Qualitative Research, Research Methodology, Graduate Study