Book Title: Interdisciplinary Thinking and Learning

Subtitle: Problem Solving for a Complex World

Author: Rhonda D. Davis

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Contents

Introduction
Rhonda D. Davis
About This Book
Robin DeRosa and Rhonda D. Davis
I. Interdisciplinary Thinking and Learning
1. 1. Thinking for a Complex World
  Rhonda D. Davis
2. 2. The BIG Terms
  Robin DeRosa
3. 3. FRUIT: A Metaphor for Understanding Interdisciplinarity
  Moti Nissani
4. 4. Adaptive Thinking Skills
  Rhonda D. Davis
5. 5. Systems Thinking
  Rhonda D. Davis
II. The Self and Society
1. 6. Characteristics of Interdisciplinary Thinkers
  Rhonda D. Davis
2. 7. Understanding Worldview
  Rhonda D. Davis
3. 8. Identity and Community
  Rhonda D. Davis
III. Terms & Concepts
1. 9. Colleges Should Reconstruct the Unity of Knowledge
  Vartan Gregorian
2. 10. Concepts for DOING Interdisciplinarity
  Robin DeRosa
3. 11. Content, Methods, Epistemologies
  Robin DeRosa
4. 12. Critical Interdisciplinarity
  Rhonda D. Davis
5. 13. Ten Cheers for Interdisciplinarity
  Moti Nissani
6. 14. A Student Synopsis of "Ten Cheers for Interdisciplinarity"
  Robin DeRosa
IV. Disciplinarity & Interdisciplinarity
1. 15. The History of the Academy and the Disciplines
  Christine McElreavy (Editor), Victoria Tobin, Taylor Martin, Mickayla Bea Damon, Nicole Crate, Andrew Godinez, Kayleigh Bennett
2. 16. Where We Begin
  Gillian McCreedy
3. 17. Disciplines as Social Communities
  Shelby Chapman
4. 18. The Benefits and Challenges of Interdisciplinarity
  Janina Misiewicz
5. 19. How do we DO interdisciplinarity?
  Janina Misiewicz
6. 20. Concrete Challenges of Doing Interdisciplinary Work
  Janina Misiewicz
7. 21. The World as We Know It, Has Changed
  Katherine DeLuca
V. Interdisciplinary Research
1. 22. The Research Process
  Robin DeRosa
2. 23. Engaging the Interdisciplinary Research Process
  Rhonda D. Davis
3. 24. Managing Interdisciplinary Research
  Rhonda D. Davis
4. 25. Overcoming Attitudinal Barriers to Interdisciplinarity
  Rhonda D. Davis
5. 26. Analyzing Disciplinary Insights
  Rhonda D. Davis
6. 27. Critical Information Literacy
  Rhonda D. Davis
7. 28. Sample Prospectuses for Research Article & Applied Project (Sustainability Theme)
  Kate Burgess
8. 29. Sample Capstone Articles and Projects
  Robin DeRosa
VI. Interdisciplinarity: Scholarship & Application
1. 30. The Interdisciplinarity of Flight
  Lyndsey Bradley
2. 31. Interdisciplinary Studies of Childhood Ethics
  Casey Connors
3. 32. Interdisciplinary Scholarship in Universities
  Rhonda D. Davis
4. 33. Interdisciplinarity in a Complex World
  Rhonda D. Davis
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Rhonda D. Davis

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Interdisciplinary Thinking and Learning Copyright © by Rhonda D. Davis. All Rights Reserved.

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Interdisciplinary studies

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Title: Interdisciplinary Thinking and Learning
Author: Rhonda D. Davis
Primary Subject: Interdisciplinary studies
Institution: Northern Kentucky University