1st Edition
Introducing Interdisciplinary Modules in Higher Education Enhancing Sustainability and Student Employability
Part I: Introduction and Context
1. Introduction
Simon Pratt-Adams, Mark Warnes, and Elaine Brown
2. Disciplinarities
Mark Warnes, Uwe Richter, and Elaine Brown
3. Transformative Education
Elsa Lee, Simon Pratt-Adams, and Mark Warnes
4. Introduction to Ruskin Modules
Elaine Brown
5. Creativity and Design for Innovative Interdisciplinary Education: The Case of the Ruskin Module Open Studios
Beatriz Acevedo and Andrew Middleton
Part II: Case Studies
6. To Team or Not to Team
Uwe Matthias Richter
7. A Ruskin Module from Idea to Implementation
Isobel Gowers
8. Blurred and En-Tangled Boundaries
Linda Brown
9. Undergraduate Learners as Emerging Agents of Change for Sustainability and Environmental Justice
Roxana Anghel and Victoria Tait
10. Ruskin Module and Community Organising
Julia Carr and Jess Maddocks
11: Developing Professional Learning through an Interdisciplinary Community of Practice
John Parkin and Deborah Caws
12. The Humanistic Temperament
Michael Wilby
13. Interdisciplinary Learning Design
George Evangelinos, Neil Dixon, and Himara Govinnage
14. Conclusion
Mark Warnes, Uwe Richter, Simon Pratt-Adams, and Elaine Brown
Biography
Simon Pratt-Adams is the Director of the Centre for Innovation in Higher Education and Associate Professor in Academic Development at Anglia Ruskin University, UK.
Mark Warnes is the Senior Research Fellow for the Centre for Innovation in Higher Education at Anglia Ruskin University, UK.
Elaine Brown is the Institutional Lead for Ruskin Modules at Anglia Ruskin University, UK.
'This book is an exceptionally welcome and timely publication. Recognition of the importance of interdisciplinary approaches and practices is gaining traction across the globe, but there is still much to do in leading students to appreciate and engage with interdisciplinary perspectives. The leadership in this area at Anglia Ruskin University, outlined and described in this compilation, is essential reading for anyone involved in conceiving, designing, and implementing interdisciplinary programmes in Higher Education.'
Ida Kemp, Chair, Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching Conferences, UK.
'Expressed in a practical and research-informed manner, the case studies in this book are honest about barriers and practical needs when developing something so unusual in higher education as interdisciplinary modules focusing on cooperation, knowledge creation, sustainability, and employability, when usually students work in discipline-focused silos. This book showcases the development, actioning, and achievement of the Ruskin Modules, which offer new ways of looking at cooperative interdisciplinary knowledge creation and transformation beyond University study into future employment and social practice.'
Gina Wisker, Senior Lecturer, International Centre for Higher Education Management, University of Bath, UK.
