作者
Kelsey Harvey, Ruheena Sangrar, Rachel Weldrick, Anna Garnett, Michael Kalu, Stephanie Hatzifilalithis, Audrey Patocs, Tara Kajaks
发表日期
2023/7/3
期刊
Gerontology & Geriatrics Education
卷号
44
期号
3
页码范围
429-448
出版商
Routledge
简介
Interdisciplinary education and research foster cross disciplinary collaboration. The study of age and aging is complex and needs to be carried out by scholars from myriad disciplines, making interdisciplinary collaboration paramount. Non-formal, extracurricular, and interdisciplinary networks are increasingly filling gaps in academia’s largely siloed disciplinary training. This study examines the experiences of trainees (undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate students) who belonged to one such network devoted to interdisciplinary approaches to education and research on aging. Fifty-three trainees completed the survey. Among respondents, some faculties (e.g., Health Sciences) were disproportionately represented over others (e.g., Business, Engineering, and Humanities). Most trainees valued their participation in the interdisciplinary network for research on aging. They also valued expanding their social and …
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