Perspectives in Interdisciplinary and Integrative Studies - Softcover

Patrick C. Hughes is associate vice provost for undergraduate education and associate professor of communication studies at Texas Tech University. He researches communication problematics from multi-methodological and integrated theoretical approaches. Specifically, his research is oriented toward studying family contexts, intercultural contexts, and interpersonal contexts, such as interactions between married partners and in health contexts.
 
Juan S. Muñoz is the senior vice president for Institutional Diversity, Equity, and Community Engagement, vice provost for Undergraduate Education and Student Affairs, and associate professor of curriculum and instruction at Texas Tech University. He has taught courses in classroom management, instructional methods, curriculum development, multi-cultural education, bilingual education, and critical social theory.
 
Marcus N. Tanner is the program director for Integrative Studies at Texas Tech University. Both his education and life experiences are interdisciplinary. Before working in higher education, he spent 13 years in full-time pastoral ministry. His research interests include the interaction of work and family, work and health concerns, and program assessment. He has published primary research on forced termination of clergy and its effects. He serves as a board member at large for the Association for Interdisciplinary Studies and is the Chair of their National Honor Society (Alpha Iota Sigma).

This remarkably coherent and comprehensive collection of essays sets out and applies a framework that brings together seemingly disparate educational innovations.
--Bill Newell, executive director, Association for Interdisciplinary Studies

Educational institutions do not yet emphasize integrative thinking as they should. This book gathers an impressive cast of scholars of integration that explores its philosophical and cognitive underpinnings. They then provide a great deal of advice on how we can encourage integrative thinking within our curricula and pedagogy -- and assess the value of our innovations. Instructors and administrators interested in integrative learning should read this book.
--Rick Szostak, past president, Association for Interdisciplinary Studies