Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies in Brazil: Lessons from Sustainability and Environmental Sciences

Autor/inn/en	Bursztyn, Marcel; Maury, María Beatriz; Litre, Gabriela
Titel	Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies in Brazil: Lessons from Sustainability and Environmental Sciences
Quelle	In: Issues in Interdisciplinary Studies, (2016) 34, S.122-142 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1081-4760
Schlagwörter	Graduate Study; Interdisciplinary Approach; Case Studies; Governance; Accreditation (Institutions); Institutional Evaluation; Sustainable Development; Foreign Countries; Universities; Program Descriptions; Government Role; Environmental Education; Brazil + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Accreditation; Institution; Institutions; Akkreditierung; Staatliche Anerkennung; Institut; Nachhaltige Entwicklung; Ausland; University; Universität; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Brasilien
Abstract	This article analyzes the process of institutionalizing interdisciplinary graduate programs in Brazil, which has over more than four decades of experience implementing masters and doctoral problem-oriented programs designed to operate outside the disciplinary structure of universities. Brazil has a high degree of centrality and government regulation, requiring systematic performance reports. The main focus of this case study is the bottlenecks and lessons emerging from programs focused on sustainability, environmental management, and environment and society, all of which are strictly supervised by a national system of accreditation and evaluation. The article includes detailed presentation of one particular graduate program that has existed for twenty years, the Sustainable Development Center at the Universidade de Brasília. Several overall topics are also considered, including the idea that interdisciplinarity is an opportunity to integrate knowledge needed for confronting complex problems and does not compete with disciplinary efforts towards progress in science. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01