Transdisciplinary projects: the path to success

Abstract

This article explores the concept of transdisciplinarity, its benefits in education, and how transdisciplinary projects can lead to academic and professional success. Transdisciplinarity transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries to create an integrative and holistic framework for learning and research. Unlike interdisciplinarity, which combines two or more disciplines, transdisciplinarity seeks to integrate knowledge and perspectives from all relevant fields, including personal experiences and intuitions. Today, we propose a new type of transdisciplinary project, aptly named ILIADA, which involves designing integrated activities to create an educational ecosystem focused on developing competencies within thematic projects. In these projects, students of different ages solve real-life problems in diverse learning environments, within the context of school products, meaningfully integrating knowledge, tasks, skills, attitudes, values, and situations from various school subjects, correlating the proposed experiences with their own needs and interests. ILIADA is a symbolic and strategic name that captures the essence of transdisciplinarity and the importance of integrating various fields of knowledge for a complete and engaging education.