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How the pilot of the Joint Interdisciplinary Master Project fell into place

Posted on 22/11/2018 by Aldert Kamp

In my June 2018 blog about the Joint Interdisciplinary Project I presented the background and first steps in the development of a 10-week full-time interdisciplinary project for second-year Master students at TU Delft, under the auspices of the 4TU.Centre for … Continue reading →

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The magic of an Unconference on Impact-Focused Education

Posted on 20/08/2018 by Aldert Kamp

Mid July I received a personal invitation to join an “Impact-Focused Education Unconference” at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania. I was skeptic about the unconference with its wordings of “unplanning” and “unorganisation”, but decided to discover new pathways toward innovative best … Continue reading →

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Joint Interdisciplinary Master Project at TU Delft: the idea whose time has come.

Posted on 03/06/2018 by Aldert Kamp

Thursday 24 May, Buccaneer Delft, the 4TU.Centre for Engineering Education, TU Delft staff, students, and industries organised the kick-off of the so-called Joint Interdisciplinary Project (JIP) pilot for about 30 Master engineering students. The location was  special: the Buccaneer, a … Continue reading →

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Teaching interdisciplinarity in field-specific disciplinary programmes involves more than just a shift of mind

Posted on 24/02/2017 by Aldert Kamp

This second post on interdisciplinary education is about my gain from the National Interdisciplinary Education Conference, organised by the Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies of the University of Amsterdam (UvA) February 2nd, 2017. At this conference a wide range of Dutch and … Continue reading →

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Interdisciplinary education: a wave of the future?

Posted on 10/02/2017 by Aldert Kamp

Also at my university, though rigidly organised in disciplinary silos and producing disciplinary programmes, I hear the buzzwords “multidisciplinarity” and “interdisciplinarity” almost every day. Obviously there is a shift of interest towards exploring questions and solving problems that cross borders … Continue reading →

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