Theories
involves analyzing the problem from the perspectives of each interested discipline and identifying the differences and similarities between them
what is the perspective taking theory
that which is created between conflicting disciplinary insights, assumptions, concepts, or theories and makes integration possible
what is common ground
having multiple parts that are connected and interact in sometimes unexpected ways with each other
what is complexity
what has hands but cannot clap
what is a clock
identifies levels within the cognitive domain
the levels get increasingly more complex and abstract through the order
what is Bloom's taxonomy of levels of intellectual behavior
the cognitive process of critically evaluating disciplinary insights and creating common ground among them to construct a more comprehensive understanding. The new understanding is the product or result of the integrative process
what is integration
the view that disciplines by themselves are simply not equipped to address complex problems comprehensively
what is disciplinary inadequacy
Which letter of the alphabet has the most water
what is C
- concerned with the behavior of complex phenomena and behaviors
- provides a rationale for interdisciplinary study of texts, artistic creation, and individuals that are unique and complex
what is the complexity theory
the practice of placing a text, or author, or work of art into context, to understand it in part through an examination of its historical, geographical, intellectual, or artistic location
what is contextualization
regard integration as the key distinguishing characteristic of inter disciplinarily and the goal of fully interdisciplinary work
what are integrationist interdisciplinarians
What word is spelled wrong in every dictionary?
What is wrong
theory divided into two groups of thought
What is the integration theory
understanding interdisciplinary loosely to mean any form of dialog or interaction between 2 or more disciplines, minimizing, obscuring, or rejecting altogether the role of integration
what are generalist interdisciplinarians
the strategy of dividing a phenomenon into its constituent parts and studying them separately in the expectation that knowledge produced by narrow specialities can be readily combined into the understanding of the phenomenon as a whole
what is reductionism
A girl is sitting in a house at night that has no lights on at all. There is no lamp, no candle, nothing. Yet she is reading. How?
What is reading braille
explains the innate human ability to create new meaning by blending concepts
What is the theory of conceptual integration
rejects notions of absolute truth and embraces the ambiguity that arises out of conflict and difference
what is epistemological pluralism
involves putting elements together- integrating them- to produce something that is new coherent, and whole
what is interdisciplinary creation
Everyone has it and no one can lose it, what is it?
what is a shadow