Breaking the silo : integrated science education in India
Document Type
Edited book
Edition
1st ed.
Publication Date
5-31-2017
Publisher
Orient Blackswan Private Limited
Abstract
Is the entrenched division between the natural and human sciences unbridgeable? Is this divide crippling innovation in science or is it necessary to keep science pure?
Between 2006-14, an experiment was conducted in what came to be known as Integrated Science Education in several science institutions. It was initially driven by a variety of commonly-held assumptions for why science pedagogy needed interdisciplinary methods taken from the humanities - from those that argued for reality to be made complex, to those advocating local knowledge-systems and those asking scientists to become better citizens, better planners and administrators. Breaking the Silo compiles the experiments in pedagogy conducted by people from various disciplines in both the humanities and the sciences, all seeking to throw new light on the 'two cultures' theory that has beset India's science institutions.
ISBN
9789386392886
Publisher Statement
Copyright © Orient Blackswan Private Limited 2017.
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Dhar, A., Niranjana, T. & Sridhar, K. (Eds.). (2017). Breaking the silo: Integrated science education in India. New Delhi: Orient Blackswan Private Limited.