Interdisciplinarity as a Key Component Contributing to Sustainable Development of Modern Engineering Education

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10.2991/assehr.k.200723.077How to use a DOI?

Keywords

interdisciplinary thinking, interdisciplinary higher education, sub-skill, learning environment, learning process

Abstract

Interdisciplinarity of higher education aims to improve such interdisciplinary skills as interdisciplinary thinking. Within the scope of this study, interdisciplinary thinking is defined as the ability to integrate the knowledge of two or more disciplines, improve the learning process, and produce results that would be difficult or unlikely to achieve when using a separate discipline. It is considered as a complex cognitive skill consisting of a number of sub-skills. The review showed that to date there is a small number of scientific studies focusing on the interdisciplinary approach to teaching and learning. The study further advanced the understanding of the necessary components of interdisciplinary thinking and the typical conditions that ensure its development. This understanding will provide a basis for further development of interdisciplinarity in higher education.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Elmira Raisovna Vasilyeva
AU  - Liliya Zakarievna Samigullina
AU  - Oksana Viktorovna Danilova
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/07/23
TI  - Interdisciplinarity as a Key Component Contributing to Sustainable Development of Modern Engineering Education
BT  - Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference on Philosophy of Education, Law and Science in the Era of Globalization (PELSEG 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 373
EP  - 376
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200723.077
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200723.077
ID  - Vasilyeva2020
ER  -