| #1010911 in Books | 2015-02-01 | 2010-10-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.00 x.70 x6.00l,.0 | File type: PDF | 229 pages||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| Good book, manty academics need to read this|By John R Mashey|As a strong believer in interdisciplinary work, I found this book very interesting. It offers many concrete examples of the impediments to improving interdisciplinary work at universities, even when people are trying.
Author Myra Strober is at Stanford, which is unusually good at interdisciplinary efforts||"Meeting the challenges of our global society in the 21st century often demands that we raise our sights above the confines of our academic disciplinary training. Myra Strober offers a unique perspective on the opportunities and hurdles associated with fosteri
Interest in doing, funding, and studying interdisciplinary work has built to crescendo in recent years. But despite this growing enthusiasm, our collective understanding of the dynamics, rewards, and challenges of faculty conversations across disciplines remains murky. Through six case studies of interdisciplinary seminars for faculty, Interdisciplinary Conversations investigates pivotal interdisciplinary conversations and analyzes the factors that make them work....
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Interdisciplinary Conversations: Challenging Habits of Thought | Myra Strober. Which are the reasons I like to read books. Great story by a great author.
