Creating interdisciplinarity : interdisciplinary research and teaching among college and university faculty / Lisa R. Lattuca.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lattuca, Lisa R.

Series:

Vanderbilt issues in higher education.

Vanderbilt issues in higher education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Universities and colleges--Curricula.

Universities and colleges.

Interdisciplinary approach in education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Interdisciplinarity, a favorite buzzword of faculty and administrators, has been appropriated to describe so many academic pursuits that it is virtually meaningless. With a writing style that is accessible, fluid, and engaging, Lisa Lattuca remedies this confusion with an original conceptualization of interdisciplinarity based on interviews with faculty who are engaged in its practice. Whether exploring the connections between apparently related disciplines, such as English and women's studies, or such seemingly disparate fields as economics and theology, Lattuca moves away from previous definitions based on the degrees of integration across disciplines and instead focuses on the nature of the inquiry behind the work. She organizes her findings around the processes through which faculty pursue interdisciplinarity, the contexts (institutional, departmental, and disciplinary) in which faculty are working, and the ways in which those contexts relate to and affect the interdisciplinary work. Her findings result in useful suggestions for individuals concerned with the meaning of faculty work, the role and impact of disciplines in academe today, and the kinds of issues that should guide the evaluation of faculty scholarship.

Contents:

Considering interdisciplinarity

Disciplining knowledge

Profiling interdisciplinarity

Constructing interdisciplinarity

Pursuing interdisciplinarity : research and teaching processes

Abiding interdisciplinarity : the impact of academic contexts

Tracing interdisciplinarity : scholarly outcomes

Realizing interdisciplinarity

Appendix

study design and conduct.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-288) and index.

ISBN:

0-8265-9136-1

1-282-30478-X

9786612304781

9780585407886

0-585-40788-6

OCLC:

646836678