Interdisciplinary Research
Process and Theory
1st Edition
Published on 29. July 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
416 pages
978-1-4129-5915-5 (ISBN)
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Introduction to Interdisciplinary Research offers comprehensive treatment of the interdisciplinary research process commonly used by interdisciplinarians. The concise and guided resource on the most commonly accepted interdisciplinary studies principles as applied to the research process covers topics such as: deciding how to choose disciplines relevant to the problem or topi; dealing with disciplinary and ideological bias; making explicit the rationale for taking an interdisciplinary approach, and choosing research methods appropriate to the problem or topic.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Weight
709 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4129-5915-5 (9781412959155)
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Allen F. Repko, PhD, is the former director of the interdisciplinary studies program in the School of Urban and Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Arlington, where he developed and taught the program's core curriculum for many years. The program is one of the largest in the United States. Repko has written extensively on all aspects of interdisciplinary studies, has twice served as coeditor of the interdisciplinary journal Issues in Integrative Studies, and has served on the board of the Association for Interdisciplinary Studies (AIS).
Content
Preface
Acknowledgments
PART I. ABOUT INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES
1. Defining Interdisciplinary Studies
2. Tracing the Origins of Interdisciplinary Studies
PART II. THEORIES OF INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES
3. Operationalizing Disciplinary Perspective
4. Defining the Elements of Disciplines
5. Explaining the Importance of Integration
PART III. DRAWING ON DISCIPLINES
6. Beginning the Research Process
7. Identifying Relevant Disciplines
8. Developing Adequacy in Relevant Disciplines
9. Analyzing the Problem and Evaluating Each Insight Into It
PART IV. INTEGRATING INSIGHTS
10. Identifying Conflicts in Insights
11. Creating Common Ground
12. Integrating Insights and Producing an Interdisciplinary Understanding
Conclusion: Interdisciplinarity for the New Century
Appendix: Interdisciplinary Resources
Glossary of Key Terms
References
Author Index
Subject Index
Acknowledgments
PART I. ABOUT INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES
1. Defining Interdisciplinary Studies
2. Tracing the Origins of Interdisciplinary Studies
PART II. THEORIES OF INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES
3. Operationalizing Disciplinary Perspective
4. Defining the Elements of Disciplines
5. Explaining the Importance of Integration
PART III. DRAWING ON DISCIPLINES
6. Beginning the Research Process
7. Identifying Relevant Disciplines
8. Developing Adequacy in Relevant Disciplines
9. Analyzing the Problem and Evaluating Each Insight Into It
PART IV. INTEGRATING INSIGHTS
10. Identifying Conflicts in Insights
11. Creating Common Ground
12. Integrating Insights and Producing an Interdisciplinary Understanding
Conclusion: Interdisciplinarity for the New Century
Appendix: Interdisciplinary Resources
Glossary of Key Terms
References
Author Index
Subject Index