Abstract
The aim of this study is to understand and explore interdisciplinarity in geography and undergraduate geography courses in geography teaching departments in Turkey. There is a growing literature in science underscoring the importance of interdisciplinary approach and its beneficial outcomes. Increasing body of knowledge on social theory, on philosophical and theoretical movements and paradigms have made easier communication among disciplines which give rise to more perceptible interdisciplinarity specifically in social sciences and humanities.At the second part of the present study we focused on relationships between geography courses, interdisciplinary approach and course selection. Because in the study course selection is seen as the most important point to analyze and understand the extent to which whether interdisciplinarity finds a place in geography teaching. Lastly, it is given some conclusions by making suggestions.
Highlights
Interdisciplinarity commonly refers to the joining of forces by two or more academic fields of knowledge (Raento, 2009)
Interdisciplinary researches are generally encouraged in a given field as many academics have referred to it as to how this approach can be useful in broadening scientific thinking and horizon
There is an increasing number of books related to interdisciplinarity appears, to name a few, Interdisciplinary Research: Process and Theory (Repko and Szostak, 2016), A Interdisciplinarity: Its Role in a Discipline-based Academy (Aldrich, 2014), Interdisciplinarity (Moran, 2001)
Summary
Interdisciplinarity commonly refers to the joining of forces by two or more academic fields of knowledge (Raento, 2009). Grbich (2004) underlines that interdisciplinary links between social science and science are appropriate, in ecological and environmental research, that is, a number of issues require and push boundaries to allow for multiple views from different disciplinary perspectives. There is an increasing number of books related to interdisciplinarity appears, to name a few, Interdisciplinary Research: Process and Theory (Repko and Szostak, 2016), A Interdisciplinarity: Its Role in a Discipline-based Academy (Aldrich, 2014), Interdisciplinarity (Moran, 2001). What is not clear at this point is how to implement it and in what contexts and in what ways
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