A Case for Critical Interdisciplinarity: Interdisciplinarity as Democratic Education

Autor/in	Stoller, Aaron
Titel	A Case for Critical Interdisciplinarity: Interdisciplinarity as Democratic Education
Quelle	In: Issues in Interdisciplinary Studies, 38 (2020) 1-2, S.33-56 (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1081-4760
Schlagwörter	Democracy; Interdisciplinary Approach; Educational Philosophy; Guidelines; Higher Education; Role; Teaching Methods; Hermeneutics; Intercultural Communication; First Year Seminars; Program Descriptions; Private Colleges; Liberal Arts; Selective Admission; Faculty Development; Dialogs (Language); College Freshmen; Colorado + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Demokratie; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Richtlinien; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Rollen; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Hermeneutik; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Privathochschule; Bildungsselektion; Dialog; Dialogs; Dialogue; Dialogues; Studienanfänger
Abstract	While the scholarship of interdisciplinarity has grown prolifically in the last thirty years, the discourse primarily frames interdisciplinarity as an instrumental research construct. In this article, I will argue that this framework should be expanded to consider how interdisciplinary engagement can support education for democracy. The article will begin by giving an account of the role that interdisciplinarity can play in the context of democratic education. I will then argue that a lesser-theorized form of interdisciplinarity called "critical interdisciplinarity" is uniquely situated to advance democratic aims in higher education. Finally, through the lens of a curricular project conducted on my campus, I will show how critical interdisciplinarity may be deployed to advance democratic aims in higher education. Ultimately, I will make a case for the significance of critical interdisciplinarity as a central form of democratic engagement in university life and call for the expansion of its discussion in the interdisciplinary literature. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01