The Built Environment Interdiscipline : A Theoretical Model for Decision Makers in Research and Teaching Paul Chynoweth Research Institute for the Built & Human Environment University of Salford
Built Environment Emphasis on Fields of Application • A range of practice-oriented subjects concerned with the design, development and management of buildings, spaces and places (Griffiths 2003) • Architecture, Landscape, Urban Planning, Housing and Transport, Construction and Real Estate (CEBE)
Built Environment Cognitive Knowledge Base Some combination of: • Management • Economics • Law • Design • Technology Has implications for curriculum design, research strategy, research methodologies and the management of the research-teaching nexus
APPLIED Technology Management Education Civil Eng Design Social Work Mechanical Eng Accounting Electrical Eng Computer Science Law HARD SOFT Economics Psychology Sociology Art Physics Geography Politics Chemistry History Mathematics Languages PURE Disciplinary Model (Biglan 1973, Kolb 1981)
Discipline Discipline Discipline Multidisciplinarity (Jantsch 1972)
Discipline Discipline Discipline Pluridisciplinarity (Jantsch 1972)
Discipline Discipline Discipline Crossdisciplinarity (Jantsch 1972)
Axiomatic Discipline Discipline Discipline Interdisciplinarity (Jantsch 1972)
Built Environment axiomatic Management Economics Law Technology Design Built Environment Interdiscipline
Significance in terms of: • Curriculum design • Research strategy • Research methodologies • Management of the research-teaching nexus
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