ERIC Number: EJ1101033
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013
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Reframing Interdisciplinary and Interprofessional Collaboration through the Lens of Collective and Sociomaterial Theories of Learning
McMurtry, Angus
Issues in Interdisciplinary Studies, n31 p75-98 2013
The purpose of this article is to begin to explore how collective and sociomaterial theories of learning might be applied within interdisciplinary and interprofessional contexts--in particular the team-based collaboration that is playing an ever larger role in both fields. It ?? articulates several key features of interdisciplinary and interprofessional activities and then speculates on how they might be productively reframed through the lenses of the following theoretical perspectives: communities of practice, cultural historical activity theory, complexity science and actor-network theory. The article is not intended to be comprehensive; its aim is to begin the process of developing deeper, more theoretically sophisticated understandings of the collective learning and knowing that emerge--often across deep paradigmatic divides--through interprofessional and interdisciplinary collaboration.
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Interprofessional Relationship, Learning Theories, Social Theories, Communities of Practice, Teamwork, Cooperation, Professionalism, Network Analysis
Association for Interdisciplinary Studies. Oakland University, Macomb County, 44575 Garfield Road Building UC2 Suite 103, Clinton Township, MI 48038. Tel: 586-263-6098; Fax: 586-263-6261; e-mail: aisorg@oakland.edu; Web site: http://wwwp.oakland.edu/ais
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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