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Lotrecchiano, Gaetano R.; Hess, Andi – Issues in Interdisciplinary Studies, 2019
Throughout 2018 we had the privilege of engaging with Julie Thompson Klein using an ethnographic approach combining interviews via teleconferencing and email exchanges to discuss many aspects of her work with the goal of understanding how she herself views her scholarly evolution over the past five decades. Discussions about Klein's life quickly…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Interdisciplinary Approach, Videoconferencing, Scholarship
Kjellberg, Paul; O'Rourke, Michael; O'Connor-Gómez, Doreen – Issues in Interdisciplinary Studies, 2018
Researchers typically embark on interdisciplinarity after the acquisition of disciplinary expertise. This article explores the possibility of teaching interdiciplinarity to undergraduate students who have not yet mastered or are in the process of mastering a discipline or disciplines. It focuses on junior-year students in the Whittier Scholars…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, College Programs, Interdisciplinary Approach, Scholarship
Henry, Stuart – Issues in Interdisciplinary Studies, 2018
Accepting Newell's invitation to develop his interdisciplinary theory to address new developments, I first consider Newell's complex systems theory of interdisciplinarity. I then review developments of his theory before critiquing its merits and deficiencies. This critique is informed by recent critical realists' works that point to deficiencies…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Epistemology, Criticism, Constructivism (Learning)
Szostak, Rick – Issues in Interdisciplinary Studies, 2015
An extensional definition of interdisciplinarity--that is, a definition that identifies the types of practices that are interdisciplinary--is explained, advocated, and developed. The criteria for identifying appropriate interdisciplinary practices are outlined. Such a definition is useful both for interdisciplinary teachers and researchers who…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Definitions, Educational Practices, Best Practices
Haynes, Carolyn – Issues in Interdisciplinary Studies, 2014
In the opening credits of the television cult classic "Iron Chef," Chairman Kaga takes a huge bite out of a big yellow bell pepper. With the ensuing smirk on his face, he introduces the famous "Kitchen Stadium," which he notes is his "dream in a form never seen before." What follows is a learning experience in which…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Integrated Activities, Learning Activities, College Faculty
Szostak, Rick – Issues in Interdisciplinary Studies, 2018
The scholarship of interdisciplinarity provides a potentially powerful response to anti-intellectual and anti-democratic impulses. It recognizes that proof and disproof are generally impossible, and that scientists can be biased in their evaluation of the evidence. Yet it proposes a set of strategies for transcending scholarly disputes in order to…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Democracy, Scholarship, Values
Horn, Sierk A. – Issues in Interdisciplinary Studies, 2015
Scholars trained and credentialed in disciplines have a vast array of response options when challenged to engage with others from other disciplinary backgrounds. By considering the ways in which disciplines are like cultures and putting acculturation theory squarely into the domain of interdisciplinary studies, this article takes a new look at…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Interdisciplinary Approach, Intellectual Disciplines, Business Administration Education
Newell, William H. – Issues in Interdisciplinary Studies, 2013
Though overlooked or at best implicit in "A Crucible Moment," interdisciplinary studies has much to contribute to civic learning for democratic engagement. The article organizes those contributions into the report's categories of knowledge, values, and skills. It concludes with an example of how techniques used in interdisciplinary…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Citizenship Education, Democratic Values, Learning