Browsing Issues in Interdisciplinary Studies Volume 31 (2013) by Issue Date
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Interdisciplinarity in Francophone Education: The Weal and Woe of a Research Journey
(Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 2013)This article presents elements from the research journey pursued by the author in the area of interdisciplinarity in education, and more specifically in elemenatry education, which he has been studying for 30 years. The ... -
Navigating Complex Trade-offs in Conservation and Development: An Integrative Framework
(Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 2013)We present a framework that makes space for multiple perspectives and ways of thinking about complex trade-off problems in conservation and development. At the core of the framework are three “integrative lenses” designed ... -
Towards an Understanding of Interdisciplinarity: The Case of a British University
(Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 2013)This study explores what academics in one major university in Great Britain (The Great Western University) perceive interdisciplinary research (IDR) to be, and in doing so, differtiates it from associated concepts, such ... -
Reframing Interdisciplinary and Interprofessional Collaboration through the Lens of Collective and Sociomaterial Theories of Learning
(Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 2013)The purpose of this article is to begin to explore how collective and sociomaterial theories of learning might be applied within interdisciplinary and interprofessional contexts—in particuar the team-based collaboration ... -
The State of the Field: Interdisciplinary Research
(Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 2013)Our understanding of the process of interdisciplinary research has expanded considerably over the last decades. The purpose of this brief paper is to take stock of where we are and where we are going. The first section ... -
Starting with Worldviews: A Five-Step Preparatory Approach to Integrative Interdisciplinary Learning
(Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 2013)In this article we propose a five-step sequenced approach to integrative interdisciplinary learning in undergraduate gateway courses. Drawing from the literature of interdisciplinarity, transformative learning theory, and ... -
The State of the Field: Interdisciplinary Theory
(Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 2013)This chronological overview of the development of interdisciplinary theory starts with the pre-cursors of theory: the development and elaboration of the definition of interdisciplinary studies, influentia but problematic ... -
The State of the Field: Institutionalization of Interdisciplinarity
(Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 2013)This reflection on the state of the field of interdiscipinary studies presents a conceptual framework for thinking about the institutionalization of interdisciplinarity, accounts for developments that have expanded its ... -
Caught in the Act: Interdisciplinary Studies Where I Least Expected It
(Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 2013)George Herbert's unified poetic text, The Temple, may be read as Herbert's attempt to gain wholeness through reading the Bible and the signs of God in the natural universe. For Herbert, holy insight is based on comparing ... -
Contributions of Interdisciplinary Studies to Civic Learning: An Addendum to A Crucible Moment
(Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 2013)Though overlooked or at best implicit in A Crucible Moment, interdisciplinary studies has much to contribute to civic learning for democratic engagement. The article organizes those contributions into the report’s categories ... -
Editors' Introduction
(Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 2013)