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  • Entry
  • Open Access
15 Citations
8,299 Views
8 Pages

Interdisciplinary and Integrated STEM

  • Premnadh Madhava Kurup,
  • Yunying Yang,
  • Xia Li and
  • Yan Dong

11 November 2021

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) is an approach and movement in innovative educational practices from the primary level internationally. This would provide a platform for an inquiry approach, creativity, and innovation in youn...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
9,960 Views
32 Pages

Challenges to Student Interdisciplinary Learning Effectiveness: An Empirical Case Study

  • Cong Xu,
  • Chih-Fu Wu,
  • Dan-Dan Xu,
  • Wen-Qian Lu and
  • Kai-Yi Wang

In order to meet industrial demands, some colleges and universities have offered interdisciplinary programs that integrate design, engineering, and business. However, how many changes these programs have brought to students, and whether students part...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,693 Views
23 Pages

23 January 2025

In various problem- and project-based traditions, interdisciplinarity is part of the definition, and there have been a few conceptualizations of interdisciplinary projects. However, with the increasing application of interdisciplinary projects, it is...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
12 Citations
2,522 Views
31 Pages

10 April 2023

Sarcoma treatment requires a high level of expertise due to its rarity and heterogeneity. Sarcoma patients should, therefore, be referred to an expert centre as early as possible to ensure optimal treatment. Numerous studies have been carried out to...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
10 Citations
12,957 Views
14 Pages

Interdisciplinary researchers and educators, as community members, creators of knowledge, and environmental activists and practitioners, have a responsibility to build a bridge between community practice, academic scholarship, and professional contri...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,083 Views
22 Pages

21 November 2024

Interdisciplinary research plays a crucial role in addressing the intricate scientific and social challenges confronting society. The field of built environment, as an interdisciplinary discipline, has benefitted from cross-pollination with various f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,907 Views
12 Pages

Assessment of the Perceived Mastery of Interdisciplinary Competences of Students in Education Degree Programmes

  • Ángel-Freddy Rodríguez-Torres,
  • Jorge Garduño-Durán,
  • Sandra-Elizabeth Carbajal-García and
  • José-Antonio Marín-Marín

31 January 2024

The importance of fostering interdisciplinary competences in students acquires a relevant value in the skills that must be developed throughout university studies. These enable them to tackle complex problems and apply knowledge in different contexts...

  • Editorial
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,412 Views
2 Pages

28 November 2019

Disaster related research has its own interdisciplinary perspectives connected to the disaster cycle (response, recovery, prevention, and preparedness). This special issue focuses on interdisciplinary geosciences perspectives of tsunami that cover th...

  • Perspective
  • Open Access
5 Citations
926 Views
12 Pages

The Interdisciplinary Orofacial Examination Protocol for Children and Adolescents (Protocolo de exploración interdisciplinaria orofacial para niños y adolescents, Barcelona, 2008) is very useful in providing a fast, initial, expedient detection of po...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,084 Views
10 Pages

Interdisciplinary Experience Using Technological Tools in Sport Science

  • Paula Gabriela Benavidez Lozano,
  • M.ª Alejandra Ávalos-Ramos and
  • Lilyan Vega-Ramírez

25 November 2020

In the framework that interdisciplinary projects could be a potential tool to improve learning processes in higher education, a teaching innovation experience was carried out. This study presents the didactic experience carried out between two first-...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,744 Views
10 Pages

20 December 2021

Creativity, giftedness, and leadership are complex, important phenomena, especially in the threatening turbulence of 21st-century conditions; consequently, there is an increasing need to understand how to strengthen them. We can learn much about thes...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
6,638 Views
24 Pages

4 November 2024

Although interdisciplinary research has garnered extensive attention in academia, its core knowledge structure has yet to be systematically explored. To address this gap, this study aims to uncover the underlying core knowledge topics within interdis...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,519 Views
14 Pages

Transforming Learning Orientations Through STEM Interdisciplinary Project-Based Learning

  • Soobin Seo,
  • Dustin S. J. Van Orman,
  • Mark Beattie,
  • Lucrezia Cuen Paxson and
  • Jacob Murray

25 October 2024

Science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education is challenged by industries to incorporate business, engineering, and communication experiences to prepare students for workplace success. In this study, we outline an approach—the STE...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
7,331 Views
22 Pages

15 November 2017

There is now a consensus that the potential contribution of the humanities to wider environmental debate is significant, although how to develop it effectively is still unclear. This paper therefore focusses on realizing the potential of the environm...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
5,966 Views
20 Pages

What is Interdisciplinarity in Practice? Critical Reflections on Doing Mobility Research in an Intended Interdisciplinary Doctoral Research Group

  • Dominic Villeneuve,
  • David Durán-Rodas,
  • Anthony Ferri,
  • Tobias Kuttler,
  • Julie Magelund,
  • Michael Mögele,
  • Luca Nitschke,
  • Eriketti Servou and
  • Cat Silva

25 December 2019

Lately, there has been a tendency in academia to call for more interdisciplinary research on sustainable mobility. However, there is a lack of empirical research on practiced interdisciplinarity. This paper seeks to address this by exploring the prac...

  • Article
  • Open Access
81 Citations
22,733 Views
14 Pages

Teamwork, as the preferred method of cooperation in healthcare, became prevalent in the 1960s, and since then has been universally recognized as a measure to improve the quality of healthcare. Research indicates that medical care based on interdiscip...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
6,573 Views
20 Pages

Learning Mathematics in an Inclusive and Open Environment: An Interdisciplinary Approach

  • Heidrun Demo,
  • Marzia Garzetti,
  • George Santi and
  • Giulia Tarini

24 April 2021

In this article, we present the first results of the project OPEN-MATH. The research project aims at acknowledging the need for learning environments with differentiation strategies for all. We developed a model for inclusive mathematics learning, ba...

  • Review
  • Open Access
9 Citations
8,271 Views
20 Pages

13 January 2025

Interdisciplinary approaches are increasingly integral in doctoral and higher research education, addressing complex global challenges through collaborations across disciplines. This review investigates the benefits, challenges, and educational impac...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
6,336 Views
42 Pages

Interdisciplinary design thinking and methods are developed based on interdisciplinary research backgrounds. Through cross-integration with other disciplines, it can realize the design’s interdisciplinary collaborative innovation and developmen...

  • Article
  • Open Access
623 Views
9 Pages

27 September 2025

The development of modern sciences and specifically the subject of their research makes it necessary to conduct interdisciplinary research and dialogue between individual sciences. This applies especially to the complex and multi-dimensional issue of...

  • Opinion
  • Open Access
25 Citations
16,146 Views
6 Pages

Night Matters—Why the Interdisciplinary Field of “Night Studies” Is Needed

  • Christopher C.M. Kyba,
  • Sara B. Pritchard,
  • A. Roger Ekirch,
  • Adam Eldridge,
  • Andreas Jechow,
  • Christine Preiser,
  • Dieter Kunz,
  • Dietrich Henckel,
  • Franz Hölker and
  • John Barentine
  • + 8 authors

10 January 2020

The night has historically been neglected in both disciplinary and interdisciplinary research. To some extent, this is not surprising, given the diurnal bias of human researchers and the difficulty of performing work at night. The night is, however,...

  • Review
  • Open Access
47 Citations
7,921 Views
14 Pages

Interdisciplinary eHealth Practice in Cancer Care: A Review of the Literature

  • Anna Janssen,
  • Melissa Brunner,
  • Melanie Keep,
  • Monique Hines,
  • Srivalli Vilapakkam Nagarajan,
  • Candice Kielly-Carroll,
  • Sarah Dennis,
  • Zoe McKeough and
  • Tim Shaw

This review aimed to identify research that described how eHealth facilitates interdisciplinary cancer care and to understand the ways in which eHealth innovations are being used in this setting. An integrative review of eHealth interventions used fo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8,412 Views
14 Pages

16 September 2011

This paper focuses on the interdisciplinary research between Theoretical Informatics (TI) and the Humanities (philosophy, history, literature, etc.). There are five main sections: 1. A brief introduction to TI and its functions in the aspects of worl...

  • Entry
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,178 Views
8 Pages

Co-Creating Interdisciplinary Integrated Powerful Knowledge

  • Premnadh M. Kurup,
  • Xia Li,
  • Yan Dong,
  • Meenu Bhardwaj and
  • Yunying Yang

Interdisciplinary and integrated powerful knowledge (IIPK) is the outcome of integrating multiple disciplinary perspectives and approaches to tackle challenging real-world issues. Using many disciplinary fields, IIPK is essential for problem solving,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,228 Views
17 Pages

11 February 2025

Interdisciplinary knowledge flow provides methodological and theoretical support for solving complex problems in higher education. Based on Darcy’s law, this study constructs a three-dimensional analysis framework for knowledge slope, knowledge...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,185 Views
9 Pages

Missing in Action: Reports of Interdisciplinary Integration in Canadian Palliative Care

  • Maggie C. Robinson,
  • Maryam Qureshi,
  • Aynharan Sinnarajah,
  • Srini Chary,
  • Janet M. de Groot and
  • Andrea Feldstain

16 July 2021

Palliative care has an interdisciplinary tradition and Canada is a leader in its research and practice. Yet even in Canada, a full interdisciplinary complement is often lacking, with psychosocial presence ranging from 0–67.4% depending on the discipl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
683 Views
14 Pages

Constraints and Opportunities of Co-Designing an Interdisciplinary MathCityMap Trail

  • Janka Medová,
  • Veronika Bočková,
  • Silvia Haringová and
  • Ľubomíra Valovičová

25 March 2025

Interdisciplinary teaching enhances student learning but poses challenges in practical implementation. This study examines the co-design of an interdisciplinary MathCityMap trail by mathematics and physics educators, analyzing tensions and synergies...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
6,595 Views
13 Pages

Developing Computational Thinking: Design-Based Learning and Interdisciplinary Activity Design

  • Dongqing Wang,
  • Liqiang Luo,
  • Jing Luo,
  • Sihong Lin and
  • Guangjie Ren

31 October 2022

As research progresses, integrating computational thinking (CT) and designing interdisciplinary activities to teach various disciplines have gradually emerged as new ideas and important ways to develop the CT of students. This paper introduces the co...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,216 Views
19 Pages

19 August 2025

The global emphasis on interdisciplinary teaching continues to shape educational discourse, promoting meaningful and valuable learning experiences. This study examines the interdisciplinary curricular process led by a group of second-career teacher t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
4,299 Views
9 Pages

Effectiveness of Interdisciplinary Teaching on Creativity: A Quasi-Experimental Study

  • Hsing-Yuan Liu,
  • Ding-Yang Hsu,
  • Hui-Mei Han,
  • I-Teng Wang,
  • Nai-Hung Chen,
  • Chin-Yen Han,
  • Sheau-Ming Wu,
  • Hsiu-Fang Chen and
  • Ding-Hau Huang

Little is known about the effectiveness of Interdisciplinary teaching (IDT) in higher education, particularly for healthcare education in Taiwan. It is vital to determine if IDT could enhance divergent creative thinking and team creativity among nurs...

  • Article
  • Open Access
485 Views
17 Pages

4 December 2025

Physical educators can incorporate mathematics and technology into their curriculum. The challenge is how to do this without sacrificing the core learning central to physical education (PE). The aim of this study was to examine the impact of an inten...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
27 Citations
9,086 Views
21 Pages

The Crucial Role of Interdisciplinary Conferences in Advancing Explainable AI in Healthcare

  • Ankush U. Patel,
  • Qiangqiang Gu,
  • Ronda Esper,
  • Danielle Maeser and
  • Nicole Maeser

As artificial intelligence (AI) integrates within the intersecting domains of healthcare and computational biology, developing interpretable models tailored to medical contexts is met with significant challenges. Explainable AI (XAI) is vital for fos...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,287 Views
19 Pages

21 July 2021

International research has pointed out the importance of integrating mathematical modeling and inquiry processes into the teaching and learning of mathematics. This paper aims to present an integrative model that enables analyzing the characteristics...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,408 Views
19 Pages

21 January 2022

The use of vegetation and infiltration into soils to manage stormwater and water quality—called green stormwater infrastructure (GSI)—is now widely recognized as a viable alternative or supplement to the pipes and pumps of conventional, o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,446 Views
11 Pages

Coworking, a Way to Achieve Sustainable Mobility? Designing an Interdisciplinary Research Project

  • Patricia Lejoux,
  • Aurore Flipo,
  • Nathalie Ortar,
  • Nicolas Ovtracht,
  • Stéphanie Souche-Lecorvec and
  • Razvan Stanica

13 December 2019

Sustainable mobility has been one of the central paradigms of research in the field of transport and mobility for several decades. However, the implications of adopting the concept of “sustainable mobility” for the conduct of interdiscipl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,364 Views
23 Pages

Pre-Service Physics Teachers’ Perceptions of Interdisciplinary Teaching: Confidence, Challenges, and Institutional Influences

  • Elmira Kozhabekova,
  • Fariza Serikbayeva,
  • Zhadyra Yermekova,
  • Saule Nurkasymova and
  • Nuri Balta

Interdisciplinary teaching plays an important role in modern physics education by improving students’ understanding, problem-solving skills, and engagement through the integration of multiple disciplines. This study examines pre-service physics...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,739 Views
13 Pages

No Passport Required: Crossing Interdisciplinary Borders in an Australian Legal Clinic

  • Doris Bozin,
  • Allison Ballard,
  • Vicki de Prazer and
  • Jenny Weekes

29 July 2020

How can disparate professions better collaborate in a legal clinic environment to improve the health and wellbeing, legal and social outcomes for patients/clients? In this paper, we explore how an intentional blurring of the boundaries between the he...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
6,247 Views
27 Pages

27 October 2020

Over the past decade we have seen a global increase in interdisciplinary sustainability degrees. These degrees are relatively understudied due to their recent emergence. To better understand the challenges and benefits of this type of coursework and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,914 Views
23 Pages

Spatial Exploration of Economic Data—Insight into Attitudes of Students towards Interdisciplinary Knowledge

  • Simona Sternad Zabukovšek,
  • Polona Tominc,
  • Samo Bobek and
  • Tjaša Štrukelj

This paper uses the technology acceptance model (TAM) framework for the research of economic and geography students’ attitudes towards interdisciplinary knowledge. Based on the SmartPLS Structural equation modelling SEM variance-based method, r...

  • Article
  • Open Access
52 Citations
7,802 Views
21 Pages

22 March 2021

Extant research into the efficacy of—especially interdisciplinary—higher education for sustainable development (HESD) is limited. A need exists to investigate students’ development of sustainability knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours. Furthermore,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
7,241 Views
17 Pages

27 January 2021

Innovative ideas are essential to sustainable development. Students’ innovative potential in higher education for sustainable development (HESD) has so far been neglected. Innovation is often associated with an interdisciplinary approach. Howev...

  • Article
  • Open Access
50 Citations
8,057 Views
15 Pages

22 September 2019

In light of recent calls for an increased commitment to interdisciplinary endeavors, this paper reflects on the implications of a critical geography of water that crosses social and natural sciences. Questions on how to best research the relationship...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
7,622 Views
24 Pages

18 March 2024

This study demonstrates a new intangible cultural heritage (ICH) design course and its effectiveness of interdisciplinary teams with digital technology beyond conventional single-disciplinary teams. A design guideline for ICH was built on the basis o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
5,497 Views
19 Pages

12 November 2021

Motivation is one of the most important factors driving innovative activities such as interdisciplinary research (IDR) and transdisciplinary research (TDR) for the achievement of sustainable development goals (SDGs). While there has been progress in...

  • Review
  • Open Access
13 Citations
7,953 Views
26 Pages

24 February 2024

This article explores the challenges of continuum and magnetic soft robotics for medical applications, extending from model development to an interdisciplinary perspective. First, we established a unified model framework based on algebra and geometry...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,306 Views
19 Pages

27 October 2022

The current trend of building accelerated research universities in China that explore the pursuit of interdisciplinary research (IDR) approach to yield academic excellence and innovation through institutional reforms is aspiring to achieve the Sustai...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,397 Views
16 Pages

Identity Trajectories of Faculty Members through Interdisciplinary STEAM Collaboration Paired with Public Communication

  • Renee M. Desing,
  • Renee Pelan,
  • Rachel L. Kajfez,
  • Cassie Wallwey,
  • Abigail M. Clark and
  • Sathya Gopalakrishnan

25 April 2024

Faculty members in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields are accustomed to presenting their research findings through journal publications, conference presentations, textbooks, and other academic mediums. However, the audien...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,498 Views
15 Pages

13 October 2025

Background/Objectives: This study evaluates students’ awareness and perceptions of interdisciplinary education. It focuses specifically on digital dentistry among students in the Department of Dental Technology. The findings aim to support the...

  • Essay
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,489 Views
14 Pages

Loss and Damage from Climate Change: Knowledge Gaps and Interdisciplinary Approaches

  • Heiko Balzter,
  • Mateus Macul,
  • Beth Delaney,
  • Kevin Tansey,
  • Fernando Espirito-Santo,
  • Chidiebere Ofoegbu,
  • Sergei Petrovskii,
  • Bernhard Forchtner,
  • Nicholes Nicholes and
  • Emilio Payo
  • + 9 authors

2 August 2023

Loss and damage from climate change have risen to a prominent position on the international agenda. At COP27 in 2022, the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) ratified a decision to establish a los...

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