University experiments in interdisciplinarity : obstacles and opportunities /

Interdisciplinarity is an inflationary concept in the discourses of higher education and science policy. Yet, some recent structural reforms in European and US universities reflect fundamental changes in the organization of knowledge production and teaching. This publication takes a fresh look at th...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Weingart, Peter (Editor ), Padberg, Britta (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bielefeld : Transcript, 2014.
Colección:Science studies (Bielefeld, Germany)
Temas:
Interdisciplinary approach in education > Congresses.
Interdisciplinary research > Congresses.
Universities and colleges > Congresses.
Interdisciplinarité en éducation > Congrès.
Recherche interdisciplinaire > Congrès.
Universités > Congrès.
EDUCATION > Essays.
EDUCATION > Organizations & Institutions.
EDUCATION > Reference.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
Interdisciplinary approach in education.
Interdisciplinary research.
Universities and colleges.
Experiment
Interdisziplinarität
Universität
Conference papers and proceedings.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • Interdisciplinarity Again ... or Still? / Weingart, Peter ; Padberg, Britta
  • Toward Interdisciplinarity by Design in the American Research University / Crow, Michael M. ; Dabars, William B.
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences in the Netherlands / Boon, Louis
  • Between a Program-Oriented Approach and Commitment to One's Discipline: the Experimental Merger of Different Research Cultures at KIT / Grunwald, Armin
  • The Foundation of KIT within the Context of the Science System-- A Provocation in Science Policy / Nitsche, Dennis
  • A Place Apart: Opportunities in Developing Leuphana University of Lüneburg / Spoun, Sascha ; Kölzer, Christian
  • The Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF)-- Epistemic and Institutional Considerations / Padberg, Britta
  • "Cross the border, close the gap" / Marquardt, Wolfgang ; Wilhelmy, Thorsten
  • Opportunities and Obstacles of University Reforms: Cluster Building and its Problems--From the Perspective of University Leadership / Schimank, Uwe
  • Interdisciplinarity and the New Governance of Universities / Weingart, Peter
  • The end of Disciplinarity / Frodeman, Robert
  • About the Authors.

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