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Science, Fiction and Curriculum Innovation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2017

Mark Brake  and
Martin Griffiths
Mark Brake
Affiliation:
Centre for Astronomy & Science Education, University of Glamorgan, South Wales, UK
Martin Griffiths
Affiliation:
Centre for Astronomy & Science Education, University of Glamorgan, South Wales, UK

Abstract

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The academic world is now becoming so specialized that the advantages of a cross disciplinary education are being lost in the tidal wave of scholarship concentrating upon narrow subject fields whilst displacing the values of connected disciplines from the sciences and humanities. The almost rigorous segregation of science and the arts at degree level is being felt not only within academia, but within society. The more a subject is concentrated, the less profound and applicable it appears to the public who should ultimately be the beneficiaries of such knowledge. In order to achieve a form of parity through which our modern world can be examined, the University of Glamorgan has introduced an innovative degree course aimed at developing a multidisciplinary knowledge of science and the arts via an exploration of the science, history, philosophy, religious, artistic, literary, cultural and social endeavours of the fields of astronomy and fantastic literature.

Type
Education and Outreach
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 213: Bioastronomy 2002: Life Among the stars , 2004 , pp. 572 - 577
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2004 

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