disciplinarity
1
9.2
- noun
- /ˌdɪsəpləˈnærɪti/
- Formal
- The study of disciplinarity in education reveals the different approaches used across various fields.
- inter-disciplinarity
- multi-disciplinarity
Examples
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The present essay constitutes a very preliminary attempt to delineate through time the changing boundaries and tolerances between "disciplinarity" and "interdisciplinarity," not only in different fields of humanistic inquiry but also in different national theaters of research and pedagogy.
Academic text (1995) -
In this collection of essays, O'Neill focuses on issues of cognitive style and disciplinarity to reveal post-Kuhnian practices in the literary and social sciences.
Academic text (1993) -
Disciplinarity and Art History
Academic text (1995) -
We find that the literature on cross-disciplinarity underemphasizes the importance of the collaborative examination of these assumptions.
Academic text (2007) -
The most promising role of art history—or, more generally, of visual culture—within the humanities consists rather in the interrogation of disciplinarity itself.
Academic text (1995) -
The speaker highlighted the importance of disciplinarity in maintaining the integrity of specialized studies.
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Her research emphasizes the need for clear definitions of disciplinarity to enhance interdisciplinary collaborations.
How Specific
- Specialized
1
7.0
- US
14
4.1
- Formal
1
9.2
625
2.9
981
2.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
disciplinarity = disciplinary (transparent) = discipline + ary + ity
Formed by the regular adjective-to-noun derivation 'disciplinary' + '-ity', yielding the state or quality relating to a discipline.
Etymology
Disciplinarity comes from the word discipline, which once meant 'teaching' or 'learning' and is the same root as disciple ('a learner'). The ending -arity means 'the state or quality of', so disciplinarity is the 'state of being part of' or the organisation of a particular field of study, which is why it describes how a subject or academic area is organised.