Interdisciplinary teaching

Barke, H. D. (1997). The Structure-oriented approach. Demonstrated at the example of interdisciplinary teaching spatial abilities. In W. Graber C. Bolte (Eds.), Scientific literacy. Hamburg IPN. 

In the third part of my presentation. I ll question the role of interdisciplinary teachings in engineering education. 

INTERDISCIPLINARY TEACHING AND LEARNING FOR DIVERSE AND SUSTAINABLE ENGINEERING EDUCATION... 

Koppel financed Haber s institute lavishly with the best available laboratory equipment for state-of-the-art research and with five full-time scientific researchers who had no teaching duties. When Haber installed the only dining room and auditorium in the area, his institute became a lively hub of interdisciplinary activities. 

Organizational Structure and Support Base. Interdisciplinary efforts require cooperation beyond the usual unit boundaries. Mutual interests of diverse faculty must be brought into convergence. Perhaps more important, some administrative "home" must be found. No doubt a variety of alternatives, including unconventional ones, could prove suitable. For the past 20 years supradepartmental organizations have held a very important position in research. However, the traditional unit for teaching in the American university remains the department. 

Teaching through Research Plume-Ridge Interactions in the Galapagos as Eocus of an Integrated Interdisciplinary Chemistry Curricular Initiative (from Harpp, 1998)... 

This is another publication in the series of Monographs for Teachers which was launched in 1959 by the Royal Institute of Chemistry. The initial aim of the series was to present concise and authoritative accounts of selected well-defined topics in chemistry for those who teach the subject at GCE Advanced level and above. This scope has now been widened to cover accounts of newer areas of chemistry or of interdisciplinary fields that make use of chemistry. Though intended primarily for teachers of chemistry, the monographs will doubtless be of value also to a wider readership, including students in further and higher education. 

Students are encouraged to explore and to understand how the discipline in which they are immersed relates to other disciplines. To an extent, all REACT-based teaching is interdisciplinary. 

Lattuca, Lisa R, 2001. Creating Interdisciplinarity Interdisciplinary Research and Teaching among College and University Faculty. Nashville, Tenn. Vanderbilt University Press. 

Robert Brown There is a question evolving, and we need to find a solution. How do we teach or how do we introduce students to the idea of working in interdisciplinary areas where they take fundamental transport, thermodynamics, etc. and apply them to problems How do we achieve that without compromising the basic level of knowledge we want to impart to them ... 

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