Formas e manifestações da transdisciplinaridade na produção científico-académica em Portugal

Abstract

This paper is part of a research project that seeks to help clarify the meaning attributed to the introduction of transdiciplinary areas within a basic education curriculum. Assuming the characteristics of an exploratory research, the analysis focused on the forms and demonstrations of transdisciplinarity in the academic-scientific output in Portugal. The results of this analysis point out five key ideas, connected with an holistic understanding of social phenomena, that characterize the transdisciplinarity as: (1) a place of escape from daily routine; (2) a pathway to social equity and human values; (3) a new intellectual framework; (4) a new organizational model for the areas of school content; and (5) an ideal team model.