Case study research: training interdisciplinary engineers with context-dependent knowledge     

Amit Chanan  Saravanamuth Vigneswaran  Jaya Kandasamy 《European Journal of Engineering Education》2012,37(1):97-104

It is now widely acknowledged that water management discipline is transforming, from being a public health and flood prevention challenge of the nineteenth century to a multi-dimensional challenge of water security for the twenty-first century. In order to train water engineers to be capable of working with this holistic multi-dimensional approach, a new paradigm in engineering education is required. Adjustments already made to undergraduate coursework are not enough; this new paradigm requires modifications to the PhD in engineering, with greater emphasis on interdisciplinary case study research. Such a change can deliver PhD graduates with both sufficient social and technical knowledge, who can then go on to become the hybrid lecturers crucially needed for training future water engineers.  相似文献   

研究生跨学科教育现状调查研究     

于汝霜  牛梦虎  贾斌  牛卓 《中国高教研究》2012,(4):61-64

学生所学专业跨学科程度越大对跨学科学习的体验就越深,对跨学科素养各方面能力的认可度也就越高。目前各高校基本能落实培养方案中规定的1-2门的跨学科课程,导师及教学组织也为研究生跨学科学习创设了有利条件,但各项措施还有待于进一步完善,学生跨院系选修课程的各种限制性因素仍需进一步消除。  相似文献   

Medical Laboratory Technology: A New York State Tech-Prep Model That Improves Academic Skills     

《The Journal of educational research》2012,105(5):300-307

Abstract

This study demonstrates the positive effects on achievement in academic subjects (English language arts, mathematics, science) and overall grade point average (GPA) of the New York City Board of Education-City University of New York Tech-Prep model. This model uses medical laboratory technology as its career area. In addition, this study shows that the model is gender neutral. Furthermore, this study makes evident that high school students who graduate from this Tech-Prep program enter college better prepared than non-Tech-Prep students (as indicated by their freshman placement examination results), have fewer required remedial courses, have higher college GPAs, and have higher retention/completion rates. These data indicate that Tech-Prep, which links occupational education with academics for career and postsecondary education preparation, is a model for educational reform.  相似文献   

近二十年通才教育的重建     

庞振超 《现代教育管理》2012,(6):16-19

20世纪90年代以来,我国高等教育界展开了一场持久的多主体参与、多维度推进人才培养模式改革的教育探索。杨叔子以科学与人文相交相融为主旨的文化素质教育、甘阳以核心课程和助教制度为中心的通识教育、汪丁丁以知识与价值的重构为根基的跨学科教育,分别从不同侧面展示了培养"通才"的教育诉求,这些诉求集中体现了通才教育展开的三个基本理路。  相似文献   

复合型贸易经济人才培养中实践教学的改革     

任荣  弓志刚 《山西财经大学学报(高等教育版)》2012,(2)

复合型贸易经济专业人才是我国经济转型和国内外经贸发展对人才培养提出的要求,实践教学是造就复合型贸易经济专业人才的重要教学环节。本文通过对复合型贸易经济专业人才的基本内涵及特征进行描述,指出实践教学在人才培养中的必要性,并在分析当前高等教育实践教学中存在的问题和缺陷的基础上,提出了促进贸易经济专业实践教学改革的对策建议。  相似文献   

中日两国对于中国法律史研究的区别——评析《法律、资源与时空建构：1644--1945年的中国》     

森田成满 《内蒙古师范大学学报(哲学社会科学版)》2014,(4):40-41

笔者按照日本学者的方式,首先介绍了张世明教授的标志性著作《法律、资源与时空建构1644—1945年的中国》的概要,并阐述了对于该书的阅读后的若干感想,概括揭示了日本关于中国法制史的研究状况,以及中日两国对于中国法律史研究的区别。笔者认为：日本目前研究趋势的结果就是踏实、细致的实证研究过多,但研究的目标却正在迷失。现在的日本对中国法制史的研究几乎都局限在法律框架内,立体、结构性地发现与法律以外事物相关联的研究却很少。本文对于《法律、资源与时空建构：1644--1945年的中国》一书跨学科的创造性研究予以肯定,认为中日学者之同学术交流更加热络至关重要。  相似文献   

Using communities of practice to enhance interdisciplinary teaching: lessons from four Australian institutions     

Emma Pharo  Aidan Davison  Helen McGregor  Kristin Warr  Paul Brown 《高等教育研究与发展》2014,33(2):341-354

We report on the establishment of communities of practice at four Australian institutions and evaluate their effectiveness and durability as a means of building staff and institutional capacity for interdisciplinary teaching. A community of practice approach is a potentially valuable methodology for overcoming dynamics of fragmentation, isolation and competition within universities. The communities we established were anchored by a shared focus on the topic of climate change and they worked collaboratively to build relationships of trust and reciprocity between teachers in a wide range of disciplines. The aim of each community was to improve the teaching of climate change through enabling members to integrate diverse disciplinary perspectives, to teach collaboratively, to promote innovation through exchange and to demonstrate leadership within their institutions. The key factors that made our communities effective and durable are: (1) designation of two leadership roles, activator and facilitator, (2) provision for institutional autonomy in domesticating the model to fit local circumstances and (3) a pragmatic emphasis on opportunities for teaching innovation and leadership within existing administrative structures, teaching programs and workloads. We conclude that suitably designed and resourced communities of practice are a viable means of improving interdisciplinary teaching of complex problems by facilitating both staff development and institutional learning.  相似文献   

The educational design of textbooks: a text for being interdisciplinary     

Clinton Golding 《高等教育研究与发展》2014,33(5):921-934

This paper provides insights into both the educational design of textbooks and interdisciplinary education. The author introduces two educational principles for textbook design – instructional alignment and balancing diversity and meaningful guidance for readers – and applies them to writing his own textbook chapter for being interdisciplinary. The two broad conclusions are: textbook design can be a new area of study in higher education, illuminated by curriculum design and reflective practice; and textbooks can provide a useful method of interdisciplinary education.  相似文献   

Junior College Innovation and Teaching Improvement     

B. Lamar Johnson 《College Teaching》2013,61(2):73-76

Although interdisciplinary efforts in teaching and research are promoted as a possible antidote to increasing disciplinary separatism in colleges and universities, evaluations of interdisciplinary efforts in the classroom, particularly those spanning the traditional science-humanities divide, are not frequently documented. This article describes the development, execution, and assessment of a unique effort in interdisciplinary teaching in which four doctoral candidates from widely varying home disciplines collaborated to create and teach a “truly interdisciplinary” course for first-year students centered on the pervasiveness of humankind's quest for immortality. Assessment of the course indicates several desirable student outcomes, including the development of a more mature world view and appreciation for different epistemologies, which recommend the continuation of this and similar interdisciplinary efforts. While students at times found the enormous number of disciplines potentially related to the central topic overwhelming, at the conclusion of the course, they largely identified the exposure to new perspectives as an exciting and worthwhile academic experience. Similar interdisciplinary efforts in the classroom are encouraged, though ample course development time is recommended to maximize success.  相似文献   

The Teacher Training Program for Doctoral Candidates in History at the University of Wisconsin     

Henry Bertram Hill 《College Teaching》2013,61(1):5-6

Abstract

One question of interdisciplinary education is how to encourage students to draw connections between disciplines and to engage in critical thinking. The authors developed a team-taught interdisciplinary course examining the history and literature of modern revolutions. The first time the course was given, students had difficulty making interdisciplinary connections and did not critically re-examine their assumptions. The authors restructured the course, re-thinking its emphasis, procedures, texts, and assignments, with substantial positive results. They also learned that teachers need to reassess their own ideology and teaching strategies to make interdisciplinary education effective.  相似文献