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Undisciplining Knowledge: Interdisciplinarity in the Twentieth Century
Harvey J. Graff
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Description for Undisciplining Knowledge: Interdisciplinarity in the Twentieth Century
Paperback. Scholars across the disciplines, specialists in higher education, administrators, and interested readers will find the book's multiple perspectives and practical advice on building and operating-and avoiding fallacies and errors-in interdisciplinary research and education invaluable. Num Pages: 344 pages, 9, 2 black & white halftones, 7 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: GT; JFC; JNM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Interdisciplinarity-or the interrelationships among distinct fields, disciplines, or branches of knowledge in pursuit of new answers to pressing problems-is one of the most contested topics in higher education today. Some see it as a way to break down the silos of academic departments and foster creative interchange, while others view it as a destructive force that will diminish academic quality and destroy the university as we know it. In Undisciplining Knowledge, acclaimed scholar Harvey J. Graff presents readers with the first comparative and critical history of interdisciplinary initiatives in the modern university. Arranged chronologically, the book tells the engaging story ... Read more
Interdisciplinarity-or the interrelationships among distinct fields, disciplines, or branches of knowledge in pursuit of new answers to pressing problems-is one of the most contested topics in higher education today. Some see it as a way to break down the silos of academic departments and foster creative interchange, while others view it as a destructive force that will diminish academic quality and destroy the university as we know it. In Undisciplining Knowledge, acclaimed scholar Harvey J. Graff presents readers with the first comparative and critical history of interdisciplinary initiatives in the modern university. Arranged chronologically, the book tells the engaging story ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
430g
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421422732
SKU
V9781421422732
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About Harvey J. Graff
Harvey J. Graff is the Ohio Eminent Scholar in Literacy Studies and a professor of English and history at the Ohio State University. He is the author of The Literacy Myth: Cultural Integration and Social Structure in the Nineteenth Century, Conflicting Paths: Growing Up in America, and The Dallas Myth: The Making and Unmaking of an American City.
Reviews for Undisciplining Knowledge: Interdisciplinarity in the Twentieth Century
[A] complex tapestry of the history of interdisciplinary knowledge production and institutionalization. Undisciplining Knowledge offers a detailed and illuminating account of the historical and intellectual forces that shaped interdisciplinarity in the twentieth century and those that continue to do so today.
Science Magazine
Graff's carefully argued book is much to be welcomed.
The Quarterly Review of Biology ... Read more
Science Magazine
Graff's carefully argued book is much to be welcomed.
The Quarterly Review of Biology ... Read more