Table of Content
Forward, Sally Brown, Leeds Metropolitan University Introduction, Balasubramanyam Chandramohan and Stephen Fallows Part I: Horizontal 1. "Problems may cut right across the borders": why we cannot do without interdisciplinarity, Dick Ellis, University of Birmingham, England 2. Ethics of Interdisciplinarity: theory and practice, Susan Illingworth, University of Leeds, England 3. Supporting interdisciplinary studies using learning technologies, Allison Littlejohn, Glasgow Caledonian University & Dr David Nicol, University of Strathclyde, Scotland 4. Assessment in Interdisciplinary and Interprofessional Programmes: Shifting Paradigms, Lorraine Stefani, University of Auckland, New Zealand 5. Understanding 'how students learn, both generally and in the subject', Sh'n Wareing, University of the Arts, London 6. Cross-faculty Interdisciplinary Work - or How to Work with the 'Others', Susana Lorenzo-Zamorano, University of Manchester, England 7. Staff development for Interdisciplinary Programmes, Gwen van der Velden, University of Bath, England 8. Work based learning as interdisciplinary study: a discussion of pedagogy and practice, Kate Irving, University of Chester, England 9. Student feedback on interdisciplinary programmes, Lee Harvey, Higher Education Academy, York, England Section B: Vertical 10. Interdisciplinary Tourism Education, Tazim Jamal and Dawn Jourdan, Texas A&M University, USA 11. Five Strategic Imperatives for Interdisciplinary Study in Mass Communications/Media Studies in the U.S.and U.K., Robert J. Petrausch, Iona College, New Rochelle, NY, USA 12. Interdisciplinary Science: A Case Study in the Management of Innovation, Derek Raine, University of Leicester 13. Theory and Practice of Interdisciplinarity in Future Studies, A. Sundaram, Madurai Kamaraj University, India 14. Interdisciplinarity in Learning and Teaching in Religious Studies, Melanie J. Wright & Justin Meggitt, University of Cambridge Conclusion: Towards Interdisciplinarity in the 21st Century, Balasubramanyam Chandramohan and Stephen Fallows