Overcoming disciplinary and institutional barriers: An interdisciplinary course in economic and sociological perspectives on health issues

The authors describe an interdisciplinary course team-taught by an economist and a sociologist. Historically mindful of the less than amicable relationship between these disciplines, these colleagues developed a course that attempted to illuminate the different perspectives of economics and sociolog...

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Published in:The Journal of economic education 2010-01, Vol.41 (1), p.71-84
Main Authors: Wade, Bruce H, Stone, Jack H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
A12
Addiction
African Americans
Barriers
Behavioral Science Research
Behavioral Sciences
Black Colleges
Blood & organ donations
Class Size
College Curriculum
College Environment
College Instruction
Core curriculum
Course Content
Curriculum development
Departments
Diabetes
Discipline
Doctoral Dissertations
ECONOMIC INSTRUCTION
Economic models
Economic research
Economic theory
Economics
Economics Education
Economists
Epidemiology
Ethnography
Females
Gender Issues
Georgia
Gesundheit
Health
Health Behavior
Health disparities
Health economics
I10
Interdisciplinary Approach
Interdisciplinary aspects
Interdisziplinäre Forschung
Management Systems
Medical sociology
Mindfulness
Pedagogy
Positivism
Public health
Rational choice theory
School Health Services
Science
Single Sex Colleges
Social Capital
Social sciences
Social Scientists
Socioeconomics
Sociology
Sozialwissenschaften
Statistical Analysis
Student Evaluation
Students
Suicide
Teaching Methods
Team Teaching
Womens health
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Summary:The authors describe an interdisciplinary course team-taught by an economist and a sociologist. Historically mindful of the less than amicable relationship between these disciplines, these colleagues developed a course that attempted to illuminate the different perspectives of economics and sociology in relation to selected health themes. Such a course is either rare or unique. It served as a general social science (core) requirement and as a major elective for sociology majors. The article describes course mechanics, pedagogy and assessment, course content, and institutional barriers. In particular, the article highlights some of the unique problems that exist in offering such a course-problems that are either less severe or nonexistent in more traditional courses.
ISSN:0022-0485
2152-4068
DOI:10.1080/00220480903382198