Interdisciplinarity through internationality: Results from a US–Mexico graduate course bridging computational and plant science
Abstract Interdisciplinarity is used to integrate and synthesize new research directions between scientific domains, but it is not the only means by which to generate novelty by bringing diverse perspectives together. Internationality draws upon cultural and linguistic diversity that can potentially...
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| description | Abstract Interdisciplinarity is used to integrate and synthesize new research directions between scientific domains, but it is not the only means by which to generate novelty by bringing diverse perspectives together. Internationality draws upon cultural and linguistic diversity that can potentially impact interdisciplinarity as well. We created an interdisciplinary class originally intended to bridge computational and plant science that eventually became international in scope, including students from the United States and Mexico. We administered a survey over 4 years designed to evaluate student expertise. The first year of the survey included only US students and demonstrated that biology and computational student groups have distinct expertise but can learn the skills of the other group over the course of a semester. Modeling of survey responses shows that biological and computational science expertise is equally distributed between US and Mexico student groups, but that nonetheless, these groups can be predicted based on survey responses due to subspecialization within each domain. Unlike interdisciplinarity, differences arising from internationality are mostly static and do not change with educational intervention and include unique skills such as working across languages. We end by discussing a distinct form of interdisciplinarity that arises through internationality and the implications of globalizing research and education efforts. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c97db962b3904f02bd255b00b417c9832025-02-04T08:31:56ZengWileyPlant Direct2475-44552024-10-01810n/an/a10.1002/pld3.70019Interdisciplinarity through internationality: Results from a US–Mexico graduate course bridging computational and plant scienceDaniel H. Chitwood0Alejandra Rougon‐Cardoso1Robert VanBuren2Department of Horticulture Michigan State University East Lansing Michigan USALaboratory of Agrigenomic Sciences, Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores Unidad León Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Mexico City MexicoDepartment of Horticulture Michigan State University East Lansing Michigan USAAbstract Interdisciplinarity is used to integrate and synthesize new research directions between scientific domains, but it is not the only means by which to generate novelty by bringing diverse perspectives together. Internationality draws upon cultural and linguistic diversity that can potentially impact interdisciplinarity as well. We created an interdisciplinary class originally intended to bridge computational and plant science that eventually became international in scope, including students from the United States and Mexico. We administered a survey over 4 years designed to evaluate student expertise. The first year of the survey included only US students and demonstrated that biology and computational student groups have distinct expertise but can learn the skills of the other group over the course of a semester. Modeling of survey responses shows that biological and computational science expertise is equally distributed between US and Mexico student groups, but that nonetheless, these groups can be predicted based on survey responses due to subspecialization within each domain. Unlike interdisciplinarity, differences arising from internationality are mostly static and do not change with educational intervention and include unique skills such as working across languages. We end by discussing a distinct form of interdisciplinarity that arises through internationality and the implications of globalizing research and education efforts.https://doi.org/10.1002/pld3.70019computational scienceinterdisciplinarityinternational educationplant science |
| spellingShingle | Daniel H. Chitwood Alejandra Rougon‐Cardoso Robert VanBuren Interdisciplinarity through internationality: Results from a US–Mexico graduate course bridging computational and plant science Plant Direct computational science interdisciplinarity international education plant science |
| title | Interdisciplinarity through internationality: Results from a US–Mexico graduate course bridging computational and plant science |
| title_full | Interdisciplinarity through internationality: Results from a US–Mexico graduate course bridging computational and plant science |
| title_fullStr | Interdisciplinarity through internationality: Results from a US–Mexico graduate course bridging computational and plant science |
| title_full_unstemmed | Interdisciplinarity through internationality: Results from a US–Mexico graduate course bridging computational and plant science |
| title_short | Interdisciplinarity through internationality: Results from a US–Mexico graduate course bridging computational and plant science |
| title_sort | interdisciplinarity through internationality results from a us mexico graduate course bridging computational and plant science |
| topic | computational science interdisciplinarity international education plant science |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/pld3.70019 |
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