Lecture #2- Learning in Transdisciplinary Collaborations

Question 1

Single disciplinary

Answer 1

• highly specialized in one disciplinary
• no cooperation with other disciplines
• development of a new detailed discipline

Question 2

Multi-disciplinary

Answer 2

• people from different disciplines working together, each drawing on their disciplinary knowledge
• not focused on problem solving but requires expert opinions
• members cooperate in their contributions but do not integrate their perspectives
• disciplinary theory development

Question 3

Interdisciplinary

Answer 3

• integrating methods and knowledge from different disciplines, using a real synthesis of approaches
• focused on problem framing and solving from disciplinary perspectives
• perspectives are integrated with stronger levels of cooperation
• Integration of existing methods, tools, concepts, theories and epistemologies from two or more disciplines and their linking and blending in order to address a complex problem

Question 4

Transdisciplinary

Answer 4

• creating a unity of intellectual frameworks beyond the disciplinary frameworks
• solving problems by going beyond disciplinary perspective to involving practitioners, beneficiaries and non-academia
• new knowledge is generated through the use of multi and interdisciplinary concepts
• considered as the highest form of integration of all actors in a participatory

Question 5

Culture

Answer 5

An integrated pattern of human knowledge, belief and behaviour, including the outlook, attitudes, values, morals, goals and customs shared by a society

Question 6

Family

Answer 6

A group of people who share a legal or blood bond

Question 7

Legal bond

Answer 7

Families are legally bound through marriages, adoptions and guardianships, including the rights, duties and obligations of those legal contracts. Legal contracts can be changed, expanded or dissolved to change the composition of a family

Question 8

Blood bonds

Answer 8

Individuals who are directly related through a common ancestor are part of a family. This includes both close and distant relatives (ex. siblings, cousins, grandparents etc.)

Question 9

Community

Answer 9

A group of people who share something in common or who feels some sense of belonging/interpersonal connection

Question 10

What are the 4 types of communities?

Answer 10

1. Place (where people live)
2. Identity (externally assigned- race)
3. Affinity (something people like to do together)
4. Affiliation (people you know, experiences you’ve shared, values you hold in common)

Question 11

Adaptive and generative team learning

Answer 11

Acquiring new knowledge or skills and adjusting to an environment to improve team performance

Question 12

Collaboration and learning

Answer 12

Proactive interaction among individuals from different disciplines and fields in a process that has the potential to create collaboration knowledge

Question 13

Collective communication competence

Answer 13

Builds common ground when members of a team work together to sort through different perspectives and generate new shared understandings

Question 14

Mutual learning

Answer 14

Fosters collaboration when members of teams learn about each other’s approaches. It is context dependent and it evolves through social interaction and respect for others’ views

Question 15

Reflexivity/reflective equilibrium

Answer 15

New insights and prior knowledge are weighed against each other to produce an equilibrium

Question 16

Transformational learning and deep learning

Answer 16

Transcends habitual thought patterns and behaviour through deep learning that changes frames of reference, assumptions and habits of mind

Question 17

Transdisciplinary orientation

Answer 17

A combination of values, attitudes, beliefs, skills, knowledge and behaviours that predisposes individuals to collaboration

Question 18

Transdisciplinary approach

Answer 18

Long-standing concerns about how to address a complex problem led towards collaborative research and action across diverse disciplines and societal sectors

Question 19

Team learning

Answer 19

Adaptive team learning involves acquiring new knowledge or skills and adjusting to a particular environment

Question 20

Generative team learning

Answer 20

Involves developing new knowledge and variables with potential for changes in norms and goals

Question 21

What are the 12 c’s of team process?

Answer 21

1. communication
2. co-operation (empowerment of team)
3. cohesiveness (team sticks together)
4. commitment (investing in team process)
5. collaboration (equality in team)
6. confronts problems directly
7. coordination of efforts (actions support common plan)
8. conflict management
9. consensus decision making
10. caring (patient, client, consumer centred)
11. consistency (with one another and environment)
12. contribution

Question 22

Paradigm

Answer 22

A culturally or socially shared set of beliefs, values, concepts and rules of logic for making sense of the world

Question 23

Worldview

Answer 23

A person’s beliefs, concepts and logic

Question 24

Reflexivity

Answer 24

Finding strategies to question our own attitudes, thought processes, values, assumptions, prejudices and habitual actions to strive to understand our complex roles in relation to others

Question 25

Biophysical thinking

Answer 25

The physical environment in which an issue was set (observation and experience)

Question 26

Socio-economic thinking

Answer 26

The social environment, including cultural rules and the socio-economic system (personal narrative and the narratives and memories of your community)

Question 27

Ethical thinking

Answer 27

The principles governing relationships between individuals, environment and society (sense of right/wrong in relation to a personal commitment, a way of life, or a religion)

Question 28

Artistic thinking

Answer 28

Sensitivity to the patterns in natural and in social systems, arising from the capacity for inspiration and creativity within each human (expressing and rebelling against the surrounding cultural norms)

Question 29

Sympathetic thinking

Answer 29

Recognizing a shared understanding with another human or group (openness, trust and shared experiences)

Question 30

Communicating values

Answer 30

Individuals are able to identify and communicate assumptions in topics related to the concept of sustainable development

Question 31

Reflection

Answer 31

Reflecting about self and others and ones own perceptions and biases