Introduction to interdisciplinary studies. ([2020])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Allen F. Repko, Rick Szostak and Michelle Phillips Buchberger.
• Authors: Repko, Allen F; Szostak, Rick, 1959-; Buchberger, Michelle Phillips
• Contents: Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; PART I • UNDERSTANDING INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES; Chapter 1 • Interdisciplinary Studies in the Real World; Why Interdisciplinary Studies Matters; What Is Driving Interdisciplinary Studies Today?; The Academic Benefits of Pursuing an Interdisciplinary Studies Degree; Interdisciplinary Studies and Your Career Development; A Threaded Example: Basic Income; Critical Thinking Questions; Applications and Exercises; Chapter 2 • The Rise of the Modern Disciplines and Interdisciplinarity; Why the Past Matters; The Rise of the Modern Disciplines; The Rise of Interdisciplinarity; Interdisciplinarity’s Criticism of the Disciplines; Revisiting the Basic Income; Critical Thinking Questions; Applications and Exercises; Chapter 3 • Interdisciplinary Studies Defined; Why Definitions Matter; Defining Interdisciplinary Studies; Differences Between Disciplinarity, Multidisciplinarity, Interdisciplinarity, and Transdisciplinarity; Two Conceptions of Interdisciplinarity; Useful Metaphors of Interdisciplinary Studies; Basic Income Revisited; Critical Thinking Questions; Applications and Exercises; Chapter 4 • The Interdisciplinary Studies “Cognitive Toolkit”; How She Did It; Intellectual Capacities; Values; Traits; Skills; Ethical Analysis; Ways to Apply Your Interdisciplinary “Toolkit”; Basic Income; Critical Thinking Questions; Applications and Exercises; Chapter 5 • Academic Disciplines; Disciplines and Disciplinarity Defined; The Epistemic, Social, and Organizational Dimensions of Disciplines; The Concept of Disciplinary Perspective; The Defining Elements of a Discipline; Typical Methods; Disciplinary Perspective and Basic Income; Critical Thinking Questions; Applications and Exercises; Chapter 6 • The “DNA” of Interdisciplinary Studies; Assumptions of Interdisciplinary Studies; Theories Supportive of Interdisciplinary Studies; Epistemology of Interdisciplinary Studies; How Interdisciplinary Studies “Sees”; Reflections on Basic Income; Critical Thinking Questions; Applications and Exercises; PART II • THINKING CRITICALLY ABOUT INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES; Chapter 7 • Thinking Critically About Disciplinary Perspectives; What It Means to Think Critically About Disciplinary Perspectives; Developing a Sophisticated Conception of Knowledge; Why Interrogate Disciplinary Perspectives (or Practice Critical Pluralism); How Interdisciplinarians Interrogate Disciplinary Perspectives; Basic Income; Critical Thinking Scenario; Critical Thinking Questions; Applications and Exercises; Chapter 8 • Thinking Critically About Disciplinary Insights; Critical Thinking Attitudes; Categories of Statements; Critically Analyzing Disciplinary Insights; Critical Thinking About Basic Income; Critical Thinking Questions; Applications and Exercises; Chapter 9 • Thinking Critically About Integration and Its Results; Approaches to Interdisciplinary Integration; The Broad Model Approach to Integration; Strategies for Integration; The Result of Integration; Reflecting on What Was Achieved; Integration and Basic Income; Critical Thinking Scenario; Critical Thinking Questions; Applications and Exercises; PART III • INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AND WRITING; Chapter 10 • An Interdisciplinary Research “Road Map”; The Power and Usefulness of Research; Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Approaches to Research; The Broad Model of the Interdisciplinary Research Process; STEP 1: Define the Problem or State the Research Question; Some Useful Group Exercises; STEP 2: Justify Using an Interdisciplinary Approach; Researching a Basic Income; Critical Thinking Questions; Applications and Exercises; Chapter 11 • Identifying Relevant Disciplines and Gathering Information About the Problem; STEP 3: Identify Relevant Disciplines; STEP 4: Conduct a Literature Search; The Broad Model Rubric Applied to STEPS 3 and 4; Investigating Basic Income; Critical Thinking Questions; Critical Thinking Scenario; Peer Evaluation and Edit Activity; Chapter 12 • Analyzing Insights and Reflecting on Process; STEP 5: Critically Analyze the Disciplinary Insights Into the Problem; STEP 6: Reflect on How an Interdisciplinary Approach Has Enlarged Your Understanding of the Problem; Basic Income Revisited; Conclusion; Critical Thinking Questions; Appendixes; Appendix A: Intellectual Autobiography; Appendix B: Student Portfolios and Blogging; Appendix C: Service Learning, Internships, and Alternative Projects for Nontraditional Students; Appendix D: The Broad Model Rubric: Instructor Version and Sample Student Outline; Appendix E: Answer Key; Glossary of Key Terms; References; Index;
• Edition: Third edition
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : SAGE, Inc
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxxv, 412 pages)
• Subjects: 300; Social sciences; Interdisciplinary approach to knowledge
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781544379371; 1544379374
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