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1 Defining Interdisciplinary studies _____ Chapter Preview For over a century, universities and colleges throughout the world at all levels have relied on academic disciplines as platforms for imparting knowledge and generating new knowledge. Today, interdisciplinary learning at all levels is far more common as there is growing recognition that it is needed to answer com- plex questions, solve complex problems, and gain coherent understanding of complex issues that are increasingly beyond the ability of any single discipline to address comprehensively or resolve adequately. As Carole L. Palmer (2001).
Chapter 1. Defining Interdisciplinary Studies 7. gaps in knowledge from lack of attention by the disciplines; and (3) if the research attains critical mass, researchers “redraw boundaries by constitut
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