Case study on interdisciplinary education, biology and philosophy of nature

Abstract

Interdisciplinary education allows both teachers and students to develop a more complete and deeper understanding of academic subjects, thereby broadening their perspectives on the reality under analysis. The present case study aims to describe the experience of the Biology for All project, which links the disciplines of biology and philosophy. The project was applied through three seminars with the concept of life as its main theme. The research was qualitative and descriptive in nature; the technique used was based on semi-structured questionnaires. The result was a high percentage of satisfaction among students and teachers. It also resulted in correct learning based on the interdisciplinary, making it possible to continue with projects of the same nature due to their acceptance and impact rates. It is concluded that these types of projects are necessary for a comprehensive education and that the experience described is an example that should be replicated in universities, since there are limited proposals on an education capable of annexing the various forms of human knowledge.