Abstract
The primary purpose of this study was to explore the challenges and difficulties of design-based interdisciplinary projects, the learning problems encountered by university students and the learning resources they used to overcome these problems. A total of 247 students participated in the survey. The study found that the main challenges and difficulties in design-based interdisciplinary learning included communication, the integration of different disciplines, the presence (or lack thereof) of students' collaboration skills, learning and cooperation difficulties with regard to different disciplines, and differences in thinking across disciplines. The problems students encountered included difficulties with interdisciplinary collaboration, inadequate professional guidance, personality clashes of members, a lack of instructors from different disciplines, and professional parochialism and barriers. The primary resources used by students to overcome learning problems included human resources, Internet and economic resources, and time.
Keywords
design-based interdisciplinary learning, learning problems, learning resources
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21606/iasdr.2023.289
Citation
Wenzhi, C.(2023) The problems of design-based interdisciplinary learning, in De Sainz Molestina, D., Galluzzo, L., Rizzo, F., Spallazzo, D. (eds.), IASDR 2023: Life-Changing Design, 9-13 October, Milan, Italy. https://doi.org/10.21606/iasdr.2023.289
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The problems of design-based interdisciplinary learning
The primary purpose of this study was to explore the challenges and difficulties of design-based interdisciplinary projects, the learning problems encountered by university students and the learning resources they used to overcome these problems. A total of 247 students participated in the survey. The study found that the main challenges and difficulties in design-based interdisciplinary learning included communication, the integration of different disciplines, the presence (or lack thereof) of students' collaboration skills, learning and cooperation difficulties with regard to different disciplines, and differences in thinking across disciplines. The problems students encountered included difficulties with interdisciplinary collaboration, inadequate professional guidance, personality clashes of members, a lack of instructors from different disciplines, and professional parochialism and barriers. The primary resources used by students to overcome learning problems included human resources, Internet and economic resources, and time.