Allen F. Repko & Rick Szostak 
Interdisciplinary Research [EPUB ebook] 
Process and Theory

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, Power Point slides, and tables and figures from the book.

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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

关于作者

Rick Szostak, Ph D, 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].