In defense of disciplines : interdisciplinarity and specialization in the research university / Jerry A. Jacobs.
Calls for closer connections among disciplines can be heard throughout the world of scholarly research, from major universities to the National Institutes of Health. In Defense of Disciplines presents a fresh and daring analysis of the argument surrounding interdisciplinarity. Challenging the belief...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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University of Chicago Press,
2013.
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| Summary: | Calls for closer connections among disciplines can be heard throughout the world of scholarly research, from major universities to the National Institutes of Health. In Defense of Disciplines presents a fresh and daring analysis of the argument surrounding interdisciplinarity. Challenging the belief that blurring the boundaries between traditional academic fields promotes more integrated research and effective teaching, Jerry Jacobs contends that the promise of interdisciplinarity is illusory and that critiques of established disciplines are often overstated and misplaced. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 273 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226069463 022606946X |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | PDF. |