Browsing by Author "Bailis, Stanley"
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A Role for Formalisms in Integrative Studies
Warfield, John N.; Warfield, Rosamond (Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 1999)The increasing importance of integrative studies in higher education makes it more vital to rethink integrative studies from the perspective of reaching maximum benefit. In rethinking integrative studies, it is appropriate ... -
Access to Interdisciplinary Information: Setting the Problem
Fiscella, Joan B. (Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 1989)Identifying and locating interdisciplinary literature, and ideas and information that reside in different disciplines, poses problems for researchers and students. Using electronic means of access, such as online indexes ... -
Against and For Holism: A Review and Rejoinder to D.C. Phillips
Bailis, Stanley (Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 1984-85) -
An Argument for the Study of Play
Myers, David (Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 1988)This paper examines the potential for interdisciplinary solutions to problems resulting from a traditional view of the "diffusion of innovations," which has been one of the more popular topics of social science research ... -
An Exploration of the Interdisciplinary Character of Women's Studies
McCampbell Grace, Nancy (Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 1996)This article uses the AIS "Guide to Interdisciplinary Syllabus Preparation" to explore the claim that women's studies programs and courses are interdisciplinary. Grace presents a historical overview of the development of ... -
An Introductory Comment: Integration, Cultural and Academic
Becker, Christopher (Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 1987) -
Arguing for the Rainforest: High-Tech Topoi and the Value(s) of a Database
Sebberson, David (Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 1992)When the World Bank created its Environment Department, no institutional mechanism existed to create, collect, or disseminate environmental information that had accumulated in the Bank. Considering the ethical and political ... -
Art and Transformation
Wood, Debora (Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 1998)Many contemporary artists intend to challenge the viewer's modes of perception by manipulating traditional imagery, but does this transformation of cultural stock images constitute a transformation in the audience? This ... -
Being Interdisciplinary is So Very Hard to Do
Fish, Stanley (Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 1991) -
Beware of Pidgin Minds: Pitfalls and Promises of Interdisciplinarity in Undergraduate Education
Cerroni-Long, E. L.; Long, Roger D. (Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 1995)This 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 ... -
Book Review: Robert K. Wallace. Melville & Turner: Spheres of Love and Fright
Gottlieb, Stephen A. (Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 1995) -
Co-teaching Engineering and Writing: Learning about Programming, Teamwork, and Communication
Rehling, Louise; Hollaar, Lee (Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 1997)This study describes the rationales, method, and outcomes of a software engineering course that was cotaught by professors from the disciplines of computer science and writing. The course emphasized both teamwork and ... -
Consciousness and Linguistic Competency: Making Interdisciplinary Choices
Vocate, Donna R. (Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 1991)A difficult problem for interdisciplinary study is deciding what constructs from other fields will comport well with the concerns of one's own academic area. Consciousness is a crucial concept for any discipline concerned ... -
Contending with Complexity: A Response to William H. Newell's "A Theory of Interdisciplinary Studies"
Bailis, Stanley (Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 2001)"Newell has mounted a large, interesting, and deeply insistent argument to the effect that complexity theory should be adopted as both a rationale for interdisciplinary studies and a guide for its instructional, investigative, ... -
Controversy and Canon in the Undergraduate Humanities Curriculum: The Example of Biblical Studies
Savage, Mary C. (Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 1987)The question of canon, of whether undergraduates should read an authoritative list of books, raises substantial epistemological and pedagogical issues which may be obscured if the question is framed merely as a ... -
Creating an Image Bank for Teaching World Religion: Challenging and Reifying Structures of Knowledge
Carp, Richard M. (Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 1992)Creating an indexed set of slides for teaching the academic study of religion reveals how existing structures of power/ knowledge shape the frameworks from which new knowledge emerges, and how that knowledge may affect ... -
Criminology: Discipline or Interdiscipline
Binder, Arnold (Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 1987)In its modern form Criminology has had over one hundred years to assume a truly interdisciplinary nature, yet the dominant approach remains discipline-based. However, as the field of Criminology has evolved, the dominant ... -
Crossing of Boundaries: Interdisciplinarity as an Opportunity for Universities in the 1990s?
Vosskamp, Wilhelm (Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 1994)This essay discusses interdisciplinarity as a theoretical, historical, and political scholarly issue. Vosskamp emphasizes, first and foremost, that interdisciplinarity is both dependent upon and indebted to disciplinarity ... -
David Bohm's Theory of the Implicate Order: Implications for Holistic Thought Processes
Dabrowski, Irene J. (Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 1995)David 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 ... -
Dewey Meets the Buddha
Handelman, Linda (Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 1998)From the Greeks we have inherited the notion that a profound awareness of suffering is essential for ethical maturity. In Buddhism, a fundamental aspect of ethical awareness is that all life is suffering. In a more ...