Interdisciplinary Research
Process and Theory
Fourth Edition
Allen F. Repko
- University of Texas at Arlington (Retired)
Rick Szostak
- University of Alberta, Canada
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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.
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 at http://study.sagepub.com/repko4e includes a test bank, PowerPoint slides, and tables and figures from the book.
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 at http://study.sagepub.com/repko4e includes a test bank, PowerPoint slides, and tables and figures from the book.
Contents
Preface
Preface
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
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
Conclusion
Appendix
Appendix
Glossary of Key Terms
Glossary of Key Terms
References
References
Index
Index
Resources
Instructor Resource Site
Instructor resources at http://study.sagepub.com/repko4e include:
A test bank with a variety of question types to accompany this book.
Editable, chapter-specific Microsoft® PowerPoint® slides to offer you complete flexibility in easily creating a multimedia presentation for your course and highlight essential content and features.
Tables and figures pulled directly from the book are available for you to add to course materials at your convenience.
Description
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 at http://study.sagepub.com/repko4e includes a test bank, PowerPoint slides, and tables and figures from the book.
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 at http://study.sagepub.com/repko4e includes a test bank, PowerPoint slides, and tables and figures from the book.
Contents
Preface
Preface
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
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
Conclusion
Appendix
Appendix
Glossary of Key Terms
Glossary of Key Terms
References
References
Index
Index
Resources
Instructor Resource Site
Instructor resources at http://study.sagepub.com/repko4e include:
A test bank with a variety of question types to accompany this book.
Editable, chapter-specific Microsoft® PowerPoint® slides to offer you complete flexibility in easily creating a multimedia presentation for your course and highlight essential content and features.
Tables and figures pulled directly from the book are available for you to add to course materials at your convenience.
Reviews
January 2020 | 472 pages | Sage US
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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.
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 at http://study.sagepub.com/repko4e includes a test bank, PowerPoint slides, and tables and figures from the book.
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 at http://study.sagepub.com/repko4e includes a test bank, PowerPoint slides, and tables and figures from the book.
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
Recent Product Reviews:
Excellent textbook. Students understand the field of interdisciplinary research after utilizing this textbook and supplemental readings
Dr Krisanna Machtmes, Education Studies Dept, Ohio University - Athens
“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, Texas A&M University, Central Texas
“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, Union Institute & University and Saybrook University
"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, Stevenson University
“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, Texas Tech University