Different, Difficult and Local: A Review of Interdisciplinary Teaching Activities

TY - JOUR

T1 - Different, Difficult and Local: A Review of Interdisciplinary Teaching Activities

AU - Lindvig, Katrine

AU - Ulriksen, Lars

PY - 2019/12/1

Y1 - 2019/12/1

N2 - This review addresses a lacuna in the literature concerning interdis-ciplinary teaching by analyzing peer-reviewed articles that discuss empirical evidence of interdisciplinary teaching practices. The article reports on the wide array of purposes, approaches and designs of interdisciplinary teaching and learning found in the review, but an important, more general, point is that interdisciplinary teaching is, consistently, considered different from normal practices, hence positioning interdisciplinary teaching and learning as the other. This othering could be detrimental to establishing sustainable inter-disciplinary educational provision. Our analysis suggests a need for stressing interdisciplinary practices as local, rather than as generalizable propositions.

AB - This review addresses a lacuna in the literature concerning interdis-ciplinary teaching by analyzing peer-reviewed articles that discuss empirical evidence of interdisciplinary teaching practices. The article reports on the wide array of purposes, approaches and designs of interdisciplinary teaching and learning found in the review, but an important, more general, point is that interdisciplinary teaching is, consistently, considered different from normal practices, hence positioning interdisciplinary teaching and learning as the other. This othering could be detrimental to establishing sustainable inter-disciplinary educational provision. Our analysis suggests a need for stressing interdisciplinary practices as local, rather than as generalizable propositions.

M3 - Journal article

SN - 0162-5748

VL - 43

SP - 697

EP - 725

JO - The Review of Higher Education

JF - The Review of Higher Education

IS - 2

ER -