gced_symp4_transdisciplinary education_p1.pdf
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… Education at the TD School, Sydney Rene Brauer r.brauer@maastrichtuniversity.nl Transdisciplinarity? • Multi-disciplinarity • solution to a problem makes it necessary to “obtain information from two or more sciences or sectors of knowledge without the disciplines drawn on thereby being changed or enriched” • (e.g., engineer, designer, marketeer, and UX expert develop product) • Cross-disciplinarity • goals and concepts of one discipline are imposed on another discipline • (e.g., design … biology, and medicine; or interaction design) • Transdisciplinarity • takes this integration and mutual enrichment of disciplines a step further • it is a holistic approach, about placing interactions between specialized fields in a total system with a social purpose • resulting in a continuously evolving and adapting practice (Jantsch, 1972; Piaget, 1972; van der Bijl-Brouwer, 2018) Transdisciplinarity (McPhee, Bliemel, & van der Bijl-Brouwer, 2018) • action-oriented • focusing on addressing … indicators do not promote transdisciplinarity • we don’t know how • transdisciplinary collaboration is really hard (design thinking example) • Personal challenges: • people don’t like complexity and uncertainty – dealing with constant change can be exhausting • requires humbleness and an open mindset – admitting that others might know better Transdisciplinary work (van der Bijl-Brouwer, 2018) • Transdisciplinarity is transformative, uncomfortable and at times embarrassing • We need to put …