Interdisciplinary integration in Europe: the case of the Fifth Framework programme

Bruce, Ann; Lyall, Catherine; Tait, Joyce; Williams, Robin

doi:10.1016/j.futures.2003.10.003

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“…The first category, personal characteristics, includes six conditions. The three conditions curiosity, respect, and openness point at the necessary appreciative attitude towards other disciplines (Bruce et al 2004). Importantly, students appeared to have a wide variation in attitude towards other disciplines (Woods 2007).…”

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Teaching and Learning in Interdisciplinary Higher Education: A Systematic Review

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Interdisciplinary higher education aims to develop boundary-crossing skills, such as interdisciplinary thinking. In the present review study, interdisciplinary thinking was defined as the capacity to integrate knowledge of two or more disciplines to produce a cognitive advancement in ways that would have been impossible or unlikely through single disciplinary means. It was considered as a complex cognitive skill that constituted of a number of subskills. The review was accomplished by means of a systematic search within four scientific literature databases followed by a critical analysis. The review showed that, to date, scientific research into teaching and learning in interdisciplinary higher education has remained limited and explorative. The research advanced the understanding of the necessary subskills of interdisciplinary thinking and typical conditions for enabling the development of interdisciplinary thinking. This understanding provides a platform from which the theory and practice of interdisciplinary higher education can move forward.

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Section: Exploration Of Research Questionsmentioning

confidence: 93%

Teaching and Learning in Interdisciplinary Higher Education: A Systematic Review

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“…This was a finding of a review 6 of the European Union's efforts to stimulate interdisciplinary work under its Fifth Framework Programme for research development. Projects did not succeed as well as they might have because they did not facilitate 'enabling "The generic protocols of a scientific paper and those for a piece of humanities research are very different.…”

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“…Interdisciplinary work requires particular skills, mindsets and attention to establishing common ground [6][7][8] .…”

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Grant giving: Global funders to focus on interdisciplinarity

Rylance

2015

Nature

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“…It requires defining the research questions with a broader context in mind, and some knowledge about the methods and capabilities of other disciplines that could contribute complementary insight. This in turn requires a common vocabulary (Horwitz 2003;Bruce et al 2004;Klein 2008). By interpreting what they observed against the background of their own discipline, Jerneck et al (2011) illustrated the problems by demonstrating that social scientists may misinterpret the term 'uncertainty' in natural science debates as an indicator of scientific disagreements, not as an unavoidable data problem.…”

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Sustainability science: a review, an analysis and some empirical lessons

2011

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SUMMARYSustainability science has developed from a new research field into a vibrant discipline in its own right, with scientific conferences, journals and scientific societies dedicated to its pursuit. Characterized more by its research purpose than by a common set of methods or objects, sustainability science can be subdivided into the more traditional disciplinary-based science for sustainability and the transdisciplinary science of sustainability. Whereas the former consists of more descriptive, analytical and basic science, the latter is characterized by reflexivity and applicability; on a meta level, the emergence of the latter can be understood as a new step in the evolution of science. This review provides an overview of the state of sustainability science, identifying action orientation, integrated assessments and interdisciplinarity as overall characteristics. The review also focuses on methodological issues, highlighting differences in project organization and management, and the ways in which stakeholder participation can be organized in interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research projects. Sustainability science is recognized as essential for progress towards sustainability, and as an opportunity to bring science closer to the people, requiring significant changes in the way science is organized and conducted.

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Interdisciplinary integration in Europe: the case of the Fifth Framework programme

Cited by 270 publications

References 2 publications

Teaching and Learning in Interdisciplinary Higher Education: A Systematic Review

Teaching and Learning in Interdisciplinary Higher Education: A Systematic Review

Grant giving: Global funders to focus on interdisciplinarity

Sustainability science: a review, an analysis and some empirical lessons

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