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disciplinary

disciplinary

7 5.8
Relating to a particular area of study like history or biology
  • adjective
  • /ˈdɪsəplɪˌnɛri/
  • Formal
translation icon : disciplinar
  • In college, I chose to study sociology because it offers a unique disciplinary perspective on human behavior.
  • cross-disciplinary
  • multi-disciplinary
  • disciplinary boundaries

Yeah, it's it's all very siloed and and sort of disciplinary fragmentation everywhere.

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Examples

  • In their methods classes, pre-service teachers learn about planning lessons and disciplinary units of study.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Students need tools for independently unpacking the often dense and abstract language of disciplinary texts.

    Academic text (2013)
  • And it works that way with disciplinary knowledge, knowledge of the world as well.

  • No, the key point is all of these different disciplinary approaches turn into the same thing.

  • However, as the disciplinary board, we have our own set of guidelines and standards to follow in situations like this.

  • Successful reading of complex disciplinary texts includes consideration of both language issues and disciplinary knowledge.

    Academic text (2013)
  • To access disciplinary content, then, students must be able to read, write, and evaluate disciplinary texts.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Second, a growing body of literature connects language and disciplinary discourse with STEM learning.

    Academic text (2013)
  • One obstacle to combining academic and occupational content lies in the disciplinary focus of the faculty.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Many preservice teachers also explained that composing a digital video was a useful way to build disciplinary knowledge.

    Academic text (2013)

Synonyms

academic
vsdisciplinary
383 4.2

Connected to schools, colleges, university study, or research

is narrower, applying to a specific branch or field of study

Compounds

4.8

Work that uses methods and ideas from two or more subjects to study a problem

How Academic

technical
  • Specialized
350 4.4
specialized
  • US
70 5.4
disciplinary
  • Formal
7 5.8
academic
383 4.2
general
56 4.5

Surface Forms

disciplinary positive

Morphology

disciplinary = discipline (transparent) = discipline + ary

Standard adjectival formation from 'discipline' used to indicate relation to an academic field; the relation is directly inferable.

Etymology

Disciplinary comes from the same root discipline, from Latin disciplina meaning 'teaching' or 'training' and linked to disciple ('student'). Over time discipline also came to mean a field of study, so disciplinary is used for things that belong to a particular subject or academic area.