Interdisciplinarity In General Education

Interdisciplinarity In General Education

Interdisciplinarity in nursing education and research.

Multidisciplinarity differs from interdisciplinarity in regards to the level of mutual interaction assumed by the different disciplines involved. In multidisciplinarity, the disciplines work together while preserving their independence; in other words, the limits of the disciplines are preserved. In interdisciplinarity, there is a strong interdependence and each discipline uses a similar or the...

Practical Theories: Stem and Modern Education

Perhaps no more powerful concept seems to represent today's world than the In-ternet's tearing down of the borders of the nation-state. Even beyond the ability to engage in international commerce, images, and texts from within, otherwise-secretive regimes threaten tyranny, erase difference, and strive to unite us in common humanity. It is, then, only fitting that cutting-edge, modern, technolog...

Interdisciplinarity: The Right People, a Supportive Place, and a Program Emerges

Twenty-first-century biology is inherently interdisciplinary. Every aspect of biology, from molecules to organisms to ecosystems, is richly informed by the physical, mathematical, and computational sciences. Interdisciplinarity is a buzzword in biology education, and understandably so, for the major scientific challenges of the 21st century—climate change, global health, personalized medicine, ...

A Platform for a Shared Discourse of Interdisciplinary Education

Disciplinarity” and “interdisciplinarity” have become keywords for knowledge and education in the twenty-first century. This development requires that administrators, curriculum planners, and teachers at all levels of the educational system have a common understanding of both terms and their relationship. The primary case study is the school level in the United States. Yet, comparisons with oth...