Interdisciplinary learning and teaching in higher education : theory and practice / edited by Balasubramanyam Chandramohan and Steve Fallows. - New York, NY : Routledge, 2009. - xvi, 167 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Horizontal--matters that apply across entire programmes -- "Problems may cut right across the borders" : why we cannot do without interdisciplinarity / Dick Ellis -- Ethics of interdisciplinarity : theory and practice / Susan Illingworth -- Supporting interdisciplinary studies using learning technologies / Allison Littlejohn, David Nicol -- Assessment in interdisciplinary and interprofessional programmes : shifting paradigms / Lorraine Stefani -- Understanding how students learn, both generally and in the subject / Shân Wareing -- Cross-faculty interdisciplinary work--or how to work with the "others" / Susana Lorenzo-Zamorano -- Staff development for interdisciplinary programmes / Gwen van der Velden -- Work based learning as interdisciplinary study : a discussion of pedagogy and practice / Kate Irving -- Student feedback on interdisciplinary programmes / Lee Harvey -- Vertical--matters that apply to a field of study -- Interdisciplinary tourism education / Tazim Jamal and Dawn Jourdan -- Strategic imperatives for interdisciplinary study in mass communications/media studies in the u.s.and u.k. / Robert J. Petrausch -- Interdisciplinary science : a case study in the management of innovation / Derek Raine -- Theory and practice of interdisciplinarity in future studies / A. Sundaram -- Interdisciplinarity in learning and teaching in religious studies / Melanie J. Wright & Justin Meggitt -- Conclusion -- Towards interdisciplinarity in the 21st century / Balasubramanyam Chandramohan and Stephen Fallows.

9780415341318 (hb : alk. paper) 9780415341301 (pb : alk. paper) 9780203928707 (ebook)

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Interdisciplinary approach in education.
Education, Higher--Curricula.

LB2361 / .I488 2009

378.125 / CHA