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A Critical Review of Harvard's Project Zero
(Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 2009)Project Zero, a research center at Harvard's Graduate School of Education, is impressive and far-reaching in its scope. It is a multifaceted research project that is commonly referred to as being interdisciplinary or as ... -
'A Jack of All Trades and a Master of Some of Them': Successful Students in Interdisciplinary PhD Programs
(Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 2011)Interdisciplinarity has become a growing emphasis in U.S. higher education, and the prevalence of interdisciplinary doctoral programs is one indicator of such growth. Despite this growth, the ... -
A Qualitative Model of the Integrative Learning Process
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A Role for Formalisms in Integrative Studies
(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 ... -
A Theory of Interdisciplinary Studies
(Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 2001)"Interdisciplinarity is necessitated by complexity, specifically by the structure and behavior of complex systems. The nature of complex systems provides a rationale for interdisciplinary study. An examination of complex ... -
Access to Interdisciplinary Information: Setting the Problem
(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 ... -
Administering Interdisciplinary and Innovative Programs: Lessons from the Rise and Fall of Arizona International College
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After/words: Rhetorics, Narrativity, and Complicit German Christians
(Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 2000) -
Against and For Holism: A Review and Rejoinder to D.C. Phillips
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An Argument for the Study of Play
(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
(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 Interdisciplinary Approach to Web Design
(Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 2004)The theory of interdisciplinary studies can be understood to apply to the creation, not just the study, of a complex system; in this case, to the creation of a Web site. We examine the aspects of a Web site that make it ... -
An Interdisciplinary Model to Implement General Education
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An International Learning Community: Cultural Studies and Study Abroad in an Integrated Studies Program
(Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 2005)This paper describes the inclusion of a cultural studies/language component and a study abroad experience into the University of North Dakota's successful and long-established Integrated Studies Program. These international ... -
An Introductory Comment: Integration, Cultural and Academic
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Another Approach to Interdisciplinary Studies
(Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 2001)"Newell’s “A Theory of Interdisciplinary Studies” is criticized for its undefined and inadequate borrowing of the term nonlinear from chaos theory and the repeated use of this term as a deus ex machina to explain emergent ... -
Apollo Meets Dionysius: Interdisciplinarity in Long-Standing Interdisciplinary Programs
(Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 2003)At the invitation of the AIS Board of Directors, representatives of several long-standing interdisciplinary programs gathered on October 9, 2003, to participate in back-to-back panel discussions at the 25th AIS conference. ... -
Applying More Integrative Potentials for IDS Program Planning and Development
(Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 2001)"The continuing development and success of IDS (Interdisciplinary Studies) programs in higher education depend on the quality of processes associated with their planning, implementation, and review. Underlying and often ... -
Arguing for the Rainforest: High-Tech Topoi and the Value(s) of a Database
(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
(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 ...