The Role of Buddhist Studies in Fostering Metadisciplinary Conversations and Improving Pedagogical Collaborations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3455869 |
|---|---|
| Authors | C Pierce Salguero (0000-0002-1880-829X, Pennsylvania State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1 |
| Publication date | 2020-12-22 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel12010001 |
| OpenAlex | W3115051215 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 7 |
Buddhist studies has been at the center of a number of pedagogical experiments that have emerged on my campus over the last five years in response to Penn State University's general education reform introducing an integrative studies requirement. The first half of this paper introduces two of these interdisciplinary collaborations. I discuss the structure and goals of these two courses and detail how I integrated Buddhist Studies into the design of each. In the second half of the paper, I describe how the practice of what I call "metadisciplinarity" can help to avoid some of the pitfalls commonly faced in interdisciplinary collaborations. I discuss both how to engage in metadisciplinary reflection and communication and the strengths that Buddhist studies scholars can bring to this kind of pedagogical collaboration based on some core features of our field
Buddhism · Engineering ethics · Pedagogy · Sociology · Adult and Continuing Education Topics · Computer Science · Education and Critical Thinking Development · Engineering · Innovative Teaching Methodologies in Social Sciences · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2022 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |