Problem Solving at the Edge of Disciplines

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Author(s): Andrew Connor (Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand), Ricardo Sosa (Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand), Anna G. Jackson (Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand)and Stefan Marks (Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand)
Copyright: 2017
Pages: 23
Source title: Handbook of Research on Creative Problem-Solving Skill Development in Higher Education
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Chunfang Zhou (Aalborg University, Denmark)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0643-0.ch010

Keywords: Education / Higher Education / Information Science Reference

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This chapter outlines a new perspective on disciplinary collaboration that draws inspiration from ecology that observes that the edges where ecosystems meet tend to have greater biodiversity than the ecosystems themselves. This thinking is applied to a typical University Faculty consisting of three Schools to show that the potential for collaboration across disciplinary boundaries is rich. The chapter proposes a new degree structure that embeds problem solving skills as core to the production of “pi-shaped” people, defined as those that have disciplinary depth in two areas and the ability to work outside of their core area. In this regard, problem solving is consider an area where a student can achieve depth of knowledge. The degree is designed such that it produces an exchange of students across disciplinary boundaries and also structured so that it takes students on a journey through different models of disciplinary collaboration. The degree is seen as a key enabled of achieving so called “Mode 2” knowledge production.

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