Creating interdisciplinary education within monodisciplinary structures

The Art of Managing Interstitiality

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4098538
AutoresKatrine Lindvig (0000-0001-7654-7748, University of Copenhagen, autor de correspondencia), Catherine Lyall (0000-0002-4814-7357, University of Edinburgh), Laura R Meagher (0000-0003-0485-9851, Technology Development Group, Dairsie, UK), Laura Meagher
Año2019
Volumen44
Número2
Páginas347-360
Fecha de publicación2019-02-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaStudies in Higher Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0307-5079 • E-ISSN: 1470-174X
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03075079.2017.1365358
OpenAlexW2747815627
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas26
Referencias citadas29

The literature on interdisciplinary higher education is influenced by two overall trends: one looks at the institutional level of specially designed interdisciplinary institutions, while the other assesses individual interdisciplinary educational activities. Much less attention is given to the processes of creating interdisciplinary education initiatives within traditional monodisciplinary universities. In this study, we thus explore how interdisciplinary education and teaching emerge and develop within universities that have little or no established infrastructure to support interdisciplinarity. Using qualitative data from a multi-part case study, we examine the development of diverse interdisciplinary educational efforts within a traditional faculty-structured university in order to map the ways in which interdisciplinary educational elements have been created, supported, challenged or even strengthened by pre-existing monodisciplinary structures. Drawing on theories from economics, literature studies and sociology of education, we conclude that creating interdisciplinary education in such settings demands skills that we define as the ‘art of managing interstitiality’

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