Creating interdisciplinary education within monodisciplinary structures

The Art of Managing Interstitiality

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4098538
AutoresKatrine Lindvig (0000-0001-7654-7748, University of Copenhagen, autor correspondente), Catherine Lyall (0000-0002-4814-7357, University of Edinburgh), Laura R Meagher (0000-0003-0485-9851, Technology Development Group, Dairsie, UK), Laura Meagher
Ano2019
Volume44
Fascículo2
Páginas347-360
Data de publicação2019-02-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoStudies in Higher Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0307-5079 • E-ISSN: 1470-174X
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03075079.2017.1365358
OpenAlexW2747815627
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas26
Referências 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’

Engineering ethics · Higher education · Pedagogy · Political science · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Engineering · Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration · Sustainability in Higher Education · University-Industry-Government Innovation Models