Taking stock of interdisciplinarity as it nears its century mark, the Oxford Handbook of Interdisciplinarity constitutes a major new reference work on the topic of interdisciplinarity, a concept of growing academic and societal importance. Interdisciplinarity is fast becoming as important outside academia as within. Academics, policy makers, and the general public are seeking methods and approaches to help organize and integrate the vast amounts of knowledge being produced, both within research and at all levels of education. The Oxford Handbook of Interdisciplinarity provides a synoptic overview of the current state of interdisciplinary research, education, administration and management, andproblem solving-knowledge that spans the disciplines and interdisciplinary fields, and crosses the space between the academic community and society at large. Its 37 chapters and 14 case studies provide a snapshot of the state of knowledge integration as interdisciplinarity approaches its century mark. This groundbreaking text offers by far the most broad-based account of inter- and transdisciplinarity to date. Its original essays bring together many of the globe's leading thinkers on interdisciplinary research, education, and the institutional aspects of interdisciplinarity, as well as extended reflections on how knowledge is integrated into societal needs INDICE: Introduction; PART I: THE TERRAIN OF KNOWLEDGE; 1. A Short Historyof Knowledge Formations; 2. A Taxonomy of Interdisciplinarity; 3. Interdisciplinary Cases and Disciplinary Knowledge; 4. Deviant Interdisciplinarity; 5. Against Holism; PART 2: INTERDISCIPLINARITY IN THE DISCIPLINES; 6. Physical Sciences; 7. Integrating the Social Sciences: Theoretical Knowledge, Methodological Tools, and Practical Applications; 8. Biological Sciences; 9. Art and Music Research; 10. Engineering; 11. Religious Studies; 12. Information Research on Interdisciplinarity; PART 3: KNOWLEDGE INTERDISCIPLINED; 13. A Field of its Own: the Emergence of Science and Technology Studies; 14. Humanities and Technology in the Information Age; 15. Media and Communication; 16. Cognitive Science; 17. Computation and Simulation; 18. Ethics; 19. Design as Problem Solving; 20. Learning to Synthesize: The Development of Interdisciplinary Understanding;PART 4: INSTITUTIONALIZING INTERDISCIPLINARITY; 21. Evaluating Interdisciplinary Research; 22. Peer Review; 23. Policy Challenges and University Reform; 24. Administering Interdisciplinary Programs; 25. Undergraduate General Education; 26. Interdisciplinary Pedagogies in Higher Education; 27. Facilitating Interdisciplinary Scholars; 28. Doctoral Student and Early Career Academic Perspectives; 29. A Memoir of an Interdisciplinary Career; PART 5: KNOWLEDGE TRANSDISCIPLINED; 30. Solving Problems through Transdisciplinary Research; 31. SystemsThinking; 32. Cross-disciplinary Team Science Initiatives: Research, Training, and Translation; 33. The Environment; 34. Health Science and Health Services; 35. Law; 36. Risk; 37. Corporate Innovation; Index
- ISBN: 978-0-19-923691-6
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 625
- Fecha Publicación: 30/06/2010
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- Idioma: Inglés