Iranian Institute for Social & Cultural Studies Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities 2008-4641 1 2 2009 06 24 Fostering Interdisciplinary Thought, Prerequisite of Interdisciplinarity in Higher Education (with Emphasis on Issue-Based Learning) Fostering Interdisciplinary Thought, Prerequisite of Interdisciplinarity in Higher Education (with Emphasis on Issue-Based Learning) 103 125 6 10.7508/isih.2009.02.006 FA Kiyanoush Mohammadi Rouzbehani Ph.D Student, Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, Iran Journal Article 2016 11 29 Different developments including technological growth and increased human problems made interdisciplinary cooperation inevitable. On the other hand, traditional attitude to academic fields and specialization has prevented higher education from creating necessary capacities to confront those development and face new challenges. Therefore, one of the necessities of higher education is to foster interdisciplinary skills in both educational and research fields. This paper reviews concepts of educational courses and interdisciplinary in higher education with emphasis on the need to foster interdisciplinary thinking as prerequisite of all kinds of interdisciplinary activities. Then “issue-based learning’ has been described because this new educational method enjoys many capacities to promote interdisciplinary skills. In conclusion, a special model of issue-based learning called “interdisciplinary problem solving model” has been briefly explained as an applied model for educational courses. Different developments including technological growth and increased human problems made interdisciplinary cooperation inevitable. On the other hand, traditional attitude to academic fields and specialization has prevented higher education from creating necessary capacities to confront those development and face new challenges. Therefore, one of the necessities of higher education is to foster interdisciplinary skills in both educational and research fields. This paper reviews concepts of educational courses and interdisciplinary in higher education with emphasis on the need to foster interdisciplinary thinking as prerequisite of all kinds of interdisciplinary activities. Then “issue-based learning’ has been described because this new educational method enjoys many capacities to promote interdisciplinary skills. In conclusion, a special model of issue-based learning called “interdisciplinary problem solving model” has been briefly explained as an applied model for educational courses. https://www.isih.ir/article_6_1679091c5a880faf6fb5e6087eb1b2dc.pdf