- Title
- Interdisciplinary higher education and the Melbourne model
- Creator
- Davies, Martin; Devlin, Marcia
- Date
- 2007
- Type
- Text; Conference proceedings
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/102121
- Identifier
- vital:10753
- Identifier
- http://pesa.org.au/images/papers/2007-papers/davies2007.pdf
- Abstract
- The so-called ‘Melbourne Model’ has recently been adopted by the Council of the University of Melbourne, Australia after a long consultation process and widespread media attention. It proposes the design of new subjects which offer what are referred to as ‘different ways of knowing’ from students’ ‘core’ disciplines, partly through ‘the delivery of breadth subjects that are interdisciplinary in character’. This paper explores interdisciplinary higher education in the light of The Melbourne Model’. Definitional issues associated with the term ‘academic discipline’, as well as the newer terms ‘interdisciplinary’, ‘pluridisciplinary’, ‘cross-disciplinary’, ‘transdisciplinary’ and ‘multidisciplinary’ are examined. Some of the pedagogical issues inherent in a move from a traditional form of educational delivery to that underlined by the Melbourne Model are outlined. Some epistemological considerations relevant to multidisciplinarity and interdisciplinarity are discussed.
- Publisher
- Open Polytechnic of New Zealand
- Relation
- Philosophy of Educaiton Society of Australasia Conference; Wellington, New Zealand; 6th-9th December 2007; published in Creativity, enterprise, policy : New directions in education p. 1-16
- Rights
- Copyright © 2007 Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia
- Rights
- Open Access
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- Higher education; Expanding knowledge
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