Issues in Interdisciplinary Studies Volume 13 (1995)
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Item Beware of Pidgin Minds: Pitfalls and Promises of Interdisciplinarity in Undergraduate Education(Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 1995) Bailis, Stanley; Gottlieb, StephenThis paper discusses interdisciplinarity in undergraduate education. Having been involved with the design and administration of a major interdisciplinary program, the authors of this paper wish to describe the drawbacks inherent in attempting to catalyze integration simply by exposing undergraduate students to a disciplinary smorgasbord and by encouraging synthesis through application. As an alternative to this approach ”which in their view may lead to the development of "pidgin minds"" they promise a model of pedagogic practice called "knowledge integration training" and involving the reflexive analysis of disciplinary perspectives in the context of team-taught courses.Item Book Review: Robert K. Wallace. Melville & Turner: Spheres of Love and Fright(Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 1995) Bailis, Stanley; Gottlieb, StephenItem David Bohm's Theory of the Implicate Order: Implications for Holistic Thought Processes(Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 1995) Bailis, Stanley; Gottlieb, StephenDavid Bohm's theory of quantum physics, which focuses on the schism between matter and consciousness, is discussed in terms of positivist knowledge and the interdisciplinary holistic paradigm. This paper examines how scientific and educational holism, predicated on the relationship between knowledge and reality, fosters innovative approaches such as evolutionary learning, a pedagogical application of general systems theory. In pursuit of rightbrain thought and a unified knowledge base, diverse modes of inquiry are presented in the context of Bohm's thesis of an implicate order. Given that holistic thought processes generate a reality-based knowledge, problem-solving styles are examined, which reveal the holistic orientation of proactive problem-solving. Interdisciplinary dialogue is identified as an essential way for moving toward holistic expressions and networks of thought.Item Fractals or Fish: Does a Space for Interdisciplinarity Exist?(Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 1995) Bailis, Stanley; Gottlieb, StephenStanley Fish has argued that being interdisciplinary is impossible. He claims to base this on an epistemology of deconstruction. This paper examines Fish's case against living interdisciplinary. It shows that his arguments rest not on an epistemology of deconstruction but on a topologically simple, Euclidean view of space. Developments in the now science of chaos and fractal geometry are reviewed which supersede Fish's Euclidean view of space. These developments are shown to provide a discourse and a space for being interdisciplinary. An example of a fractal epistemology of deconstruction is reviewed that can accommodate being interdisciplinary.Item Hearing, Smelling, Tasting, Feeling, Seeing: The Role of the Arts in Making Sense Out of the Academy(Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 1995) Bailis, Stanley; Gottlieb, StephenItem How Was the Bow and Arrow Invented? An Investigation of its Origins(Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 1995) Bailis, Stanley; Gottlieb, StephenItem Politically Mainstreaming Interdisciplinarity Programs: A Structure for Success(Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 1995) Bailis, Stanley; Gottlieb, StephenItem READINGS: An Invitation(Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 1995) Bailis, Stanley; Gottlieb, StephenItem The Remapping of Interdisciplinary Inquiry: A Commentary and Critique(Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 1995) Bailis, Stanley; Gottlieb, StephenItem Travels in Interdisciplinarity: Explore Integrative Cultures, Contexts and Change(Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 1995) Bailis, Stanley; Gottlieb, Stephen