Barriers to Interdisciplinarity: Disciplinary discourses and student learning
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Interdisciplinary study is hard to achieve and to sustain. Students are faced with major challenges in working in and across several disciplines. These difficulties reflect both contrasting disciplinary cognitive structures and the distinctive cultures that have emerged in different disciplines. This paper draws on the work of Kolb and others to clarify some of these problems and to suggest ways of helping students to become more self-aware as learners and more capable of effecting these moves between disciplines.
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Ethical considerations constitute another significant challenge, particularly regarding academic integrity and attribution of AI-generated content.
“Ethical considerations constitute another significant challenge, particularly regarding academic integrity and attribution of AI-generated content33.”
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- Authors
- Bradbeer, J.
- Corresponding author
- Bradbeer, John
- Venue
- Journal of Geography in Higher Education
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 1999-11
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 381-396
- ISSN
- 0309-8265 (ISSN-L)
- 1466-1845
- OpenAlex
- W2063056548
- Cited by
- 129
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 4.61
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Geography in Higher Education (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Information Systems and Management › Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration
- Social Sciences › Geography, Planning and Development › Geography Education and Pedagogy
- Social Sciences › Education › Higher Education Research Studies
- Keywords
- interdisciplinarity, disciplinary discourse, disciplinary culture, student learning, Kolb learning styles, student self-awareness
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