Intra and interdisciplinary education in GIS: the experience of Formez GIS courses

Sandra Piscedda
Formez Lab*GIS, Naples, Italy

At the Lab*GIS of Formez education in GIS takes place based on a strong intra and interdiscplinary approach. Education in GIS is addressed to young graduates with different disciplinary backgrounds. Courses structure requires participants to work in intradisciplinary groups: in this phase the task is to provide the class with GIS outputs which will be the input for the work of the interdisciplinary groups which are subsequently formed. In this second phase a specific project is carried out which requires different competences to work together in interdisciplinary groups.

This approach in GIS education has proved to develop cooperative skills in a GIS problem solving environment in different applicative context; to widen personal and disciplinary views; to integrate the latters with other disciplines' perspectives, therefore leading to a deeper understanding of problems and more comprehensive attempt to their solution.

Sandra Piscedda
Formez Lab-*GIS
Comprensorio Olivetti
Via Campi Flegrei
80072 Arco Felice (NA)
Italy
voice: +39 81 5250227
fax : +39 81 5250133
e-mail: sandra@na.cybernet.it