Overview
An integrated, state-of-the art book where practice and theory merge in useful ways
Offers insights for practitioners and academics from a range of disciplinary homes and geographical locations
Has some of the world’s best known contributors on transdisciplinarity
Can be used as a comprehensive resource on trandisciplinarity
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Theorising Transdisciplinarity As a Collaborative Practice
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Transdisciplinary Learning (Education)
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Transdisciplinary Case Studies
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About this book
This exciting new state-of-the art book reviews, explores and advocates ways in which collaborative research endeavours can, through a transdisciplinary lens, enhance student, academic and social experiences. Drawing from a wide range of knowledges, contexts, geographical locations and internationally renowned expertise, the book provides a unique look into the world of transdisciplinary thinking, collaborative learning and action. In doing so, the book is action orientated, reflective, theoretical and intriguing and provides a place for all of these to meet and mingle in the spirit of curiosity and imagination.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Professor Linda Neuhauser is Clinical Professor of Community Health Sciences at the School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley (California, USA) and is Visiting Professor at the Department of Social and Populations Sciences at Nanjing You-Dian University (Nanjing, China). She is also Co-Principal Investigator of the Health Research for Action center (HRA) at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health. Her teaching, research and practice is focused on using participatory methods across disciplines and societal sectors to engage diverse groups to identify and solve problems. She and her center colleagues have used participatory and transdisciplinary methods co-create and test many kinds of health and social interventions in many countries worldwide. She has authored over 100 publications about participatory design, transdisciplinary research and action, and health interventions.
Professor Paul Gibbs is Director of Education Research at the University of Middlesex. He is a professor of the University, founder of the Centre for Education Research and Scholarship and an Honorary Research Fellow at the Open University in Hong Kong and the University of Cyprus. He is currently completing three books: Transdisciplinary happiness and contentment and compassion all within the higher education context. He is also Series Editor of SpringerBriefs on Key Thinkers in Education and Debating Higher Education: Philosophical Perspectives for Springer Academic Press. He writes the marketing of higher education.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Transdisciplinary Theory, Practice and Education
Book Subtitle: The Art of Collaborative Research and Collective Learning
Editors: Dena Fam, Linda Neuhauser, Paul Gibbs
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93743-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-93742-7Published: 11 September 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-06713-7Published: 21 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-93743-4Published: 27 August 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXI, 299
Number of Illustrations: 29 b/w illustrations
Topics: Research Methods in Education, Professional & Vocational Education, Higher Education