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Handbook of Interdisciplinary Teaching and Administration
Championing an emerging global community of scholars, this Handbook provides a detailed examination on how to successfully integrate interdisciplinarity into education programs. A comprehensive look into the current landscape of the field, it emphasises the importance of interdisciplinary teaching and administration in the development of creativity, citizenship and information literacy.
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Championing an emerging global community of scholars, this Handbook provides a detailed examination on how to successfully integrate interdisciplinarity into education programs. A comprehensive look into the current landscape of the field, it emphasises the importance of interdisciplinary teaching and administration in the development of creativity, citizenship and information literacy.
Addressing the philosophy of interdisciplinarity and its relationship to learning theory, this Handbook examines issues of curriculum, course design and pedagogy. This practical approach is built upon in subsequent chapters on the diversity of interdisciplinary teaching, specifically in study abroad programs, hybrid structures, and graduate contexts. Ultimately, experts discuss the challenges of introducing interdisciplinary pedagogy into a largely disciplinary teaching environment, and provide step-by-step advice on how to develop truly innovative, integrative education within existing university structures.
This accessible Handbook is an invaluable resource for both new and seasoned instructors of interdisciplinary studies. It will also appeal to students and scholars of political science, sociology, economics, and education policy.
Addressing the philosophy of interdisciplinarity and its relationship to learning theory, this Handbook examines issues of curriculum, course design and pedagogy. This practical approach is built upon in subsequent chapters on the diversity of interdisciplinary teaching, specifically in study abroad programs, hybrid structures, and graduate contexts. Ultimately, experts discuss the challenges of introducing interdisciplinary pedagogy into a largely disciplinary teaching environment, and provide step-by-step advice on how to develop truly innovative, integrative education within existing university structures.
This accessible Handbook is an invaluable resource for both new and seasoned instructors of interdisciplinary studies. It will also appeal to students and scholars of political science, sociology, economics, and education policy.
Critical Acclaim
‘This attractive Handbook includes an international set of contributions that present a broad overview of the latest thinking and practices about interdisciplinary teaching. It documents major advances while reminding us of the challenges that interdisciplinarians often confront because academia is still commonly subdivided by administrative and institutional boundaries that are obstacles for effective collaboration.’
– Roderick J. Lawrence, University of Geneva, Switzerland
‘Interdisciplinary teaching and learning is becoming an increasingly important and crucial component of academia because it helps the next generation in addressing the complex problems of our times. Yet since universities and programs are largely organized along disciplinary boundaries, interdisciplinarity presents teachers and administrators with multiple challenges – challenges that also tend to differ from context to context. This unique and comprehensive collection addresses a wide range of topics, providing insights and examples from seasoned experts with different backgrounds and nationalities. As such it will be a helpful resource for anyone engaging with interdisciplinary teaching and learning, and their administration.’
– Machiel Keestra, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
– Roderick J. Lawrence, University of Geneva, Switzerland
‘Interdisciplinary teaching and learning is becoming an increasingly important and crucial component of academia because it helps the next generation in addressing the complex problems of our times. Yet since universities and programs are largely organized along disciplinary boundaries, interdisciplinarity presents teachers and administrators with multiple challenges – challenges that also tend to differ from context to context. This unique and comprehensive collection addresses a wide range of topics, providing insights and examples from seasoned experts with different backgrounds and nationalities. As such it will be a helpful resource for anyone engaging with interdisciplinary teaching and learning, and their administration.’
– Machiel Keestra, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Contents
Contents
Introduction to the Handbook of Interdisciplinary Teaching and Administration 1
Rick Szostak
PART I SETTING THE STAGE
1 Learning theory and interdisciplinarity: reframing learning in terms of
evolving coherences rather than “true” representations or correspondences 13
Angus McMurtry
2 The philosophy of interdisciplinarity 25
James Welch IV
3 Interdisciplinary career paths 44
Karri A. Holley
PART II WHAT AND HOW TO TEACH
4 Interdisciplinary curriculum 60
Katharine Schaab
5 Designing an interdisciplinary course 77
Mariana Pereyra and Ana M. Corbacho
6 Fostering an understanding of teamwork to enhance teaching
effectiveness in interdisciplinary courses 96
Ana M. Corbacho and Stephen M. Fiore
7 Teaching integration 114
Rianne van Lambalgen and Iris van der Tuin
8 Integrative teaching and learning 136
Bianca Vienni-Baptista and Sabine Hoffmann
9 The value of mapping complex problems in the interdisciplinary classroom 152
Rhonda D. Davis
10 Addressing perspectives with the toolbox dialogue method 171
Michael O’Rourke, Shannon Donovan, Jesse Engebretson, Chad Gonnerman,
Lissy Goralnik, Valerie Imbruce, Paul Kjellberg, Marisa A. Rinkus and Brian
Robinson
11 Challenges in teaching interdisciplinary research 194
P. Sven Arvidson
12 Interdisciplinary academic advising 211
Michelle Phillips Buchberger and Julia Pond
13 Evaluating interdisciplinary education 229
Tami S. Carmichael
PART III INTERDISCIPLINARITY IN DIVERSE CONTEXTS
14 Enhancing education abroad through student-led interdisciplinary and
cross-cultural research 248
Stuart Henry and Mei Zhong
15 The interdisciplinarity of the health humanities 263
Renée K. Nicholson, Ryan McCarthy and Andrea Labus
16 Interdisciplinarity and blended learning 279
Rafi Rashid
17 Graduate education in a hyper-competitive global environment 295
Nathalie Dupin and Catherine Lyall
PART IV INTERDISCIPLINARY CONNECTIONS
18 When interdisciplinarity meets creativity: exploring interdisciplinary
creative teaching in the 21st century 318
Frédéric Darbellay
19 Interdisciplinarity and citizenship 341
Aaron Stoller
20 Information literacy in the interdisciplinary classroom 358
Ben Brooks
21 Interdisciplinarity and integrative learning 377
Marcus N. Tanner
22 Interdisciplinarity and future studies 393
Rick Szostak
PART V ADMINISTERING INTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAMS
23 University initiatives for inter- and transdisciplinary higher education
from around the world 405
Ulli Vilsmaier and Livia Fritz
24 Interdisciplinary teaching in a disciplinary world 421
Gabriela Litre and Marcel Bursztyn
25 Weaving interdisciplinarity into disciplinary structures 436
Katrine Ellemose Lindvig
26 Administering an interdisciplinary program: a practical guide 454
Evan Widders
Introduction to the Handbook of Interdisciplinary Teaching and Administration 1
Rick Szostak
PART I SETTING THE STAGE
1 Learning theory and interdisciplinarity: reframing learning in terms of
evolving coherences rather than “true” representations or correspondences 13
Angus McMurtry
2 The philosophy of interdisciplinarity 25
James Welch IV
3 Interdisciplinary career paths 44
Karri A. Holley
PART II WHAT AND HOW TO TEACH
4 Interdisciplinary curriculum 60
Katharine Schaab
5 Designing an interdisciplinary course 77
Mariana Pereyra and Ana M. Corbacho
6 Fostering an understanding of teamwork to enhance teaching
effectiveness in interdisciplinary courses 96
Ana M. Corbacho and Stephen M. Fiore
7 Teaching integration 114
Rianne van Lambalgen and Iris van der Tuin
8 Integrative teaching and learning 136
Bianca Vienni-Baptista and Sabine Hoffmann
9 The value of mapping complex problems in the interdisciplinary classroom 152
Rhonda D. Davis
10 Addressing perspectives with the toolbox dialogue method 171
Michael O’Rourke, Shannon Donovan, Jesse Engebretson, Chad Gonnerman,
Lissy Goralnik, Valerie Imbruce, Paul Kjellberg, Marisa A. Rinkus and Brian
Robinson
11 Challenges in teaching interdisciplinary research 194
P. Sven Arvidson
12 Interdisciplinary academic advising 211
Michelle Phillips Buchberger and Julia Pond
13 Evaluating interdisciplinary education 229
Tami S. Carmichael
PART III INTERDISCIPLINARITY IN DIVERSE CONTEXTS
14 Enhancing education abroad through student-led interdisciplinary and
cross-cultural research 248
Stuart Henry and Mei Zhong
15 The interdisciplinarity of the health humanities 263
Renée K. Nicholson, Ryan McCarthy and Andrea Labus
16 Interdisciplinarity and blended learning 279
Rafi Rashid
17 Graduate education in a hyper-competitive global environment 295
Nathalie Dupin and Catherine Lyall
PART IV INTERDISCIPLINARY CONNECTIONS
18 When interdisciplinarity meets creativity: exploring interdisciplinary
creative teaching in the 21st century 318
Frédéric Darbellay
19 Interdisciplinarity and citizenship 341
Aaron Stoller
20 Information literacy in the interdisciplinary classroom 358
Ben Brooks
21 Interdisciplinarity and integrative learning 377
Marcus N. Tanner
22 Interdisciplinarity and future studies 393
Rick Szostak
PART V ADMINISTERING INTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAMS
23 University initiatives for inter- and transdisciplinary higher education
from around the world 405
Ulli Vilsmaier and Livia Fritz
24 Interdisciplinary teaching in a disciplinary world 421
Gabriela Litre and Marcel Bursztyn
25 Weaving interdisciplinarity into disciplinary structures 436
Katrine Ellemose Lindvig
26 Administering an interdisciplinary program: a practical guide 454
Evan Widders
