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Interdisciplinary Research Allen F. Repko

Interdisciplinary Research By Allen F. Repko

Interdisciplinary Research by Allen F. Repko

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Interdisciplinary Research: Process and Theory offers a comprehensive, systematic presentation of the interdisciplinary decision-making process by drawing on student and professional work from the natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, and applied fields.

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Interdisciplinary Research: Process and Theory by Allen F. Repko

Interdisciplinary Research: Process and Theory offers a comprehensive, systematic presentation of the interdisciplinary decision-making process by drawing on student and professional work from the natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, and applied fields.

Designed for active learning and problem-based approaches, the Fourth Edition includes expanded discussion of epistemology, creativity within the interdisciplinary research process, confirmation bias and social media, the philosophy of integration, and student work patterns, mapping, and the importance of performing independent research while working through this book.

An Instructor website for the book includes a test bank, PowerPoint slides, and tables and figures from the book.

Interdisciplinary Research Reviews

In this Fourth Edition, Repko and Szostak have gone further to de-mystify the interdisciplinary research process. By providing students with guiding study questions within each chapter, adding extended advice on how to choose a complex research question, and illustrating that many of the strategies outlined in this text can be applied beyond the academy, they are more responsive to the needs of both professors and students.

-- Charles R. Hamilton

Repko and Szostak's text remains a vital guide to interdisciplinary inquiry, with clear accounts of an ideal progression from initial idea through completed project. While oriented to all levels from undergraduates to professional scholars, the book ably serves as a text for doctoral students; it has helped them achieve profound contributions. The current edition expands on instruction regarding literature searches and research questions, while encouraging students to rely on their own creativity as novel approaches are conceived and interpretations of findings sought.

-- Carol Barrett

The Fourth Edition of Interdisciplinary Research offers improved clarity and usability, particularly for undergraduate researchers. Guiding questions at the beginning of each chapter encourage readers to remain focused, and newly incorporated examples of relevant, recent research demonstrate that interdisciplinary perspectives have the power to help us understand and shape the world around us-including people, policies, and even public spaces-for the better.


-- Anissa J. Sorokin

The revised edition of Interdisciplinary Research is timely and well received! Literature on interdisciplinary research has increased and developed to include a synthesis theory and practice from around the world. This book is recommended for undergraduate and graduate students and those involved in interdisciplinary research. Instructors using this as a primary or supplemental text will find the pedagogical revisions helpful in challenging students to engage with the interdisciplinary research process. I highly recommend it.


-- Marcus Tanner

About Allen F. Repko

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). Rick Szostak, PhD, is professor and chair of economics at the University of Alberta, where he has taught for 34 years. He is the author of a dozen books and 50 articles, all of an interdisciplinary nature. Several of his publications address how to do interdisciplinary research, teach interdisciplinary courses, administer interdisciplinary programs, or organize information in order to facilitate interdisciplinarity. As an associate dean, he created the Office of Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Alberta, the Science, Technology and Society program, an individualized major, and two courses about interdisciplinarity. He has twice served as coeditor of the interdisciplinary journal Issues in Integrative Studies. He was president of the Association for Interdisciplinary Studies (AIS) from 2011 to 2014. He can be contacted at [email protected].

Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgments About the Authors PART I * ABOUT INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES AND DISCIPLINES Chapter 1 * Introducing Interdisciplinary Studies Learning Outcomes Guiding Questions Chapter Objectives Defining Interdisciplinary Studies The Intellectual Essence of Interdisciplinarity Distinguishing Interdisciplinarity From Multidisciplinarity, Transdisciplinarity, and Integrative Studies Chapter Summary Notes Exercises Chapter 2 * Introducing the Disciplines and Their Perspectives Learning Outcomes Guiding Questions Chapter Objectives Defining Disciplinary Perspective How Knowledge Is Typically Reflected in the Organization of the Academy Categories of Disciplines Disciplinary Perspectives Unpacking the Defining Elements of a Discipline's Perspective Chapter Summary Notes Exercises PART II * DRAWING ON DISCIPLINARY INSIGHTS Chapter 3 * Beginning the Research Process Learning Outcomes Guiding Questions Chapter Objectives The Integrated Model of the Interdisciplinary Research Process Key Characteristics of Interdisciplinary Research STEP 1: Define the Problem or State the Research Question Creativity and STEP 1 STEP 2: Justify Using an Interdisciplinary Approach Chapter Summary Notes Exercises Chapter 4 * Identifying Relevant Disciplines Learning Outcomes Guiding Questions Chapter Objectives Select Potentially Relevant Disciplines Map the Problem to Reveal Its Disciplinary Parts Reduce the Number of Potentially Relevant Disciplines to Those That Are Most Relevant Chapter Summary Notes Exercises Chapter 5 * Conducting the Literature Search Learning Outcomes Guiding Questions Chapter Objectives Meaning of Literature Search Reasons for Conducting the Literature Search Special Challenges Confronting Interdisciplinarians The Initial Literature Search The Full-Scale Literature Search Chapter Summary Notes Exercises Chapter 6 * Developing Adequacy in Relevant Disciplines Learning Outcomes Guiding Questions Chapter Objectives The Meaning of Adequacy Develop Adequacy in Theories Develop Adequacy in Disciplinary Methods Use and Evaluate Disciplinary Methods in Basic Research Provide In-Text Evidence of Disciplinary Adequacy Chapter Summary Notes Exercises Chapter 7 * Analyzing the Problem and Evaluating Insights Learning Outcomes Guiding Questions Chapter Objectives Analyze the Problem From Each Discipline's Perspective Evaluate the Insights Produced by Each Discipline Checklist for Evaluating Previous Research Chapter Summary Note Exercises PART III * INTEGRATING INSIGHTS Chapter 8 * Understanding Integration Learning Outcomes Guiding Questions Chapter Objectives What Interdisciplinary Integration Is The Controversy Concerning Integration Integration in the Broad Model Questions Raised by This Discussion of Integration Chapter Summary Notes Exercises Chapter 9 * Identifying Conflicts Among Insights and Their Sources Learning Outcomes Guiding Questions Chapter Objectives Identify Conflicting Insights Locate Sources of Conflict Among Insights Communicate Your Research to the Appropriate Audience Chapter Summary Exercises Chapter 10 * Creating Common Ground Among Insights: Concepts and/or Assumptions Learning Outcomes Guiding Questions Chapter Objectives About Interdisciplinary Common Ground Create Common Ground Among Conflicting Concepts and/or Assumptions Chapter Summary Notes Exercises Chapter 11 * Creating Common Ground Among Insights: Theories Learning Outcomes Guiding Questions Chapter Objectives Defining Disciplinary Theory Models, Variables, Concepts, and Causal Relationships Create Common Ground Among Theories Chapter Summary Notes Exercises Chapter 12 * Constructing a More Comprehensive Understanding or Theory Learning Outcomes Guiding Questions Chapter Objectives Definition of More Comprehensive Understanding Be Creative Construct the More Comprehensive Understanding From Modified Concepts and/or Assumptions Construct a More Comprehensive Theory From a Modified Theory Chapter Summary Notes Exercises Chapter 13 * Reflecting on, Testing, and Communicating the Understanding or Theory Learning Outcomes Guiding Questions Chapter Objectives Reflect on the More Comprehensive Understanding or Theory Test the Quality of Interdisciplinary Work Test the More Comprehensive Understanding or Theory Communicate the Results of Integration Chapter Summary Notes Exercises Conclusion Appendix Glossary of Key Terms References Index

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NGR9781544398600
9781544398600
1544398603
Interdisciplinary Research: Process and Theory by Allen F. Repko
Allen F. Repko
New
Paperback
SAGE Publications Inc
2021-02-23
472
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