
Key Texts on Interdisciplinary Higher Education
Iris Van Der Tuin(Editor)
Policy Press
1st Edition
Published on 29. July 2025
Book
Hardback
376 pages
978-1-4473-7643-9 (ISBN)
Description
Higher education is changing rapidly in response to the global challenges of the twenty-first century, but for disciplinarily trained lecturers interdisciplinary curriculum and course design is a time-consuming process fraught with difficult pedagogical choices.
This reader is the first book to bring together key texts on interdisciplinary teaching and learning, all drawn from a growing literature of peer-reviewed academic books and journals. As well as presenting extracts from these foundational texts, commentaries provide essential guidance on the relevant themes, helping lecturers to reflect on this fast-moving landscape.
This is an essential resource for those designing and teaching interdisciplinary courses.
This reader is the first book to bring together key texts on interdisciplinary teaching and learning, all drawn from a growing literature of peer-reviewed academic books and journals. As well as presenting extracts from these foundational texts, commentaries provide essential guidance on the relevant themes, helping lecturers to reflect on this fast-moving landscape.
This is an essential resource for those designing and teaching interdisciplinary courses.
Reviews / Votes
"This thoughtfully curated collection is a long-awaited guide for students and faculty navigating through interdisciplinary higher education." Katrine Ellemose Lindvig, University of Copenhagen "Interdisciplinary research will never be mainstream until university educational structures recognise its worth. This volume provides valuable stepping stones towards that goal." Catherine Lyall, Emerita Professor, The University of EdinburghMore details
Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Bristol
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bristol University Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
19 s/w Tabellen, 29 s/w Abbildungen
19 Tables, black and white; 29 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 170 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
798 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4473-7643-9 (9781447376439)
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Person
Iris van der Tuin is Professor of Theory of Cultural Inquiry and Dean of Interdisciplinary Education at Utrecht University.
Content
Introduction: Working from an integrationist vision - Iris van der Tuin
1. Students learning from interdisciplinary higher education
Unravelling (un)intended interdisciplinary learning outcomes - Jessica Oudenampsen and Jael Draijer
2. Designing interdisciplinary higher education
Strategies for supporting teachers in outcome-based design of interdisciplinary higher education - Esther Slot
3. Ten integrative research methodologies
Ten conceptions of knowledge - Simon Gusman and Sjang ten Hagen
4. Support and challenges of interdisciplinary higher education
Frameworks for teaching metacognition and reflection - Rianne van Lambalgen and Anastasia Hacopian
5. Teachers learning from interdisciplinary higher education
Engaging in dialogues - Lars Heuver and Sabine Uijl
6. Institutionalisation and governance of interdisciplinary higher education
Addressing the function of academic education by cultivating communities from the interstices - Zowi Vermeire and Joki van de Poel
7. Research of interdisciplinary higher education
A case for plural scholarship of interdisciplinarity - Annemarie Horn and Frank Hakemulder
8. Overview of online resources - Timothy Bland and Caspar Schoevaars
1. Students learning from interdisciplinary higher education
Unravelling (un)intended interdisciplinary learning outcomes - Jessica Oudenampsen and Jael Draijer
2. Designing interdisciplinary higher education
Strategies for supporting teachers in outcome-based design of interdisciplinary higher education - Esther Slot
3. Ten integrative research methodologies
Ten conceptions of knowledge - Simon Gusman and Sjang ten Hagen
4. Support and challenges of interdisciplinary higher education
Frameworks for teaching metacognition and reflection - Rianne van Lambalgen and Anastasia Hacopian
5. Teachers learning from interdisciplinary higher education
Engaging in dialogues - Lars Heuver and Sabine Uijl
6. Institutionalisation and governance of interdisciplinary higher education
Addressing the function of academic education by cultivating communities from the interstices - Zowi Vermeire and Joki van de Poel
7. Research of interdisciplinary higher education
A case for plural scholarship of interdisciplinarity - Annemarie Horn and Frank Hakemulder
8. Overview of online resources - Timothy Bland and Caspar Schoevaars