The university and its disciplines teaching and learning within and beyond disciplinary boundaries /

• Other Authors: Kreber, Carolin.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Routledge, 2009.
• Subjects: Universities and colleges > Curricula.; College teaching.; Education, Higher > Aims and objectives.; EDUCATION > Higher.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: ebrary; View fulltext via EzAccess; MyiLibrary
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxiii, 246 p.) : ill., digital.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9780203892596 (e-book); 0203892593 (e-book); 9780415965200 (print); 0415965209 (print); 9780415965217 (print); 0415965217 (print)

University teaching and learning take place within ever more specialized disciplinary settings, each characterized by its unique traditions, concepts, practices and procedures. It is now widely recognized that support for teaching and learning needs to take this discipline-specificity into account. However, in a world characterized by rapid change, complexity and uncertainty, problems do not present themselves as distinct subjects but increasingly within trans-disciplinary contexts calling for graduate outcomes that go beyond specialized knowledge and skills. This ground-breaking book highligh.