Integrative Learning Interdisciplinary Studies.

The article focuses on integrative learning interdisciplinary studies. Heightened interest in integrative learning and interdisciplinary studies has led many to wonder about the relationship between these concepts. "Integrative learning" is the broader of the two. It is an umbrella term for structures, strategies, and activities that bridge numerous divides, such as high school and college, general education and the major, introductory and advanced levels, experiences inside and outside the classroom, theory and practice, and disciplines and fields. There is no unique or single pedagogy for integrative interdisciplinary learning. Recalling the role faculty in experimental colleges played in developing both interdisciplinary curricula and integrative pedagogies. Multidisciplinary approaches align subjects or disciplines in parallel schedules or units. However, students do not necessarily have integrative experiences. Contextuality, conflict, and change are the defining parameters of this kind of learning. Contextuality is a different metaphor of knowledge and education than unity, which assumed consistent, logical relations within a linear framework with the expectation of achieving certainty and universality.