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Dennis, Jeremy K. – Online Submission, 2020
In interdisciplinary studies, multiple definitions and practices proliferate. Interdisciplinarians such as William H. Newell claim that complex systems theory provides the rationale that we need to guide reform. However, complex systems theory alone cannot rationalize interdisciplinarity and inform what Ernest Boyer calls the scholarship of…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Systems Approach, Educational Change, Educational Philosophy
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Tekerek, Mehmet; Tekerek, Betül – Online Submission, 2018
Instructional models form based on the needs. To satisfy the needs specific targeted instructions are presented. Teaching how a vehicle is used, is an example for specific targeted courses. This study suggests and defines a new concept namely "integrated instructional material". Integrated structures are applications and structures which…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Systems Approach, Interdisciplinary Approach, Preservice Teachers
Ryan, John Charles – Online Submission, 2012
In 2011 the author taught, for the first time, the well-established unit CCA3101/4101 Environmental Humanities in the School of Communications and Arts at ECU (Edith Cowan University) in Western Australia. The unit has a 20-year history through associate professor Rod Giblett and parallels the development of the environmental humanities as a field…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Environmental Education, Humanities
Koutsouris, Alex – Online Submission, 2009
Nowadays, there is a growing conviction (at least in rhetoric) that sustainability is an idea whose time has come with education being a critical component in the transition towards a sustainable future. In the field of higher agricultural education, systemic approaches have, among others, triggered a lively dialogue. Topics include the challenge…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Agricultural Education, Sustainable Development, Ecology