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Preface xv
Allen F. Repko
Rick Szostak
William H. Newell
Audience xvi
The Research Model xix
Outline of
Chapters
xx
Part I Introduction xx
Chapter 1 The Interdisciplinary Research Process xx
Part II Drawing on Disciplinary Insights xxi
Chapter 2 Jewish Marriage as an Expression of Israel's Conflicted Identity xxi
Chapter 3 The Metropolitan Problem in Interdisciplinary Perspective xxi
Chapter 4 Mektoub: When Art Meets History, Philosophy, and Linguistics xxii
Part III Approaches to Integration xxii
Chapter 5 Integrating Theory-Based Insights on the Causes of Suicide Terrorism xxii
Chapter 6 An Interdisciplinary Analysis of the Causes of Economic Growth xxiii
Chapter 7 Why We Talk: An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Evolutionary Origin of Language xxiii
Chapter 8 Understanding Human Action: Integrating Meanings, Mechanisms, Causes, and Contexts xxiv
Chapter 9 Integrative Theory in Criminology Applied to the Complex Social Problem of School Violence xxiv
Chapter 10 Research Integration: A Comparative Knowledge Base xxv
Conclusion xxv
Acknowledgments xxvii
About the Editors xxix
About the Contributors xxxi
PART I INTRODUCTION
1(20)
1 The Interdisciplinary Research Process
3(18)
Rick Szostak
Introduction
3(1)
Should Interdisciplinarians Identify Such a Process?
3(5)
Structure Versus Freedom
4(1)
The Role of Shared Methodologies
5(1)
Revolutionary Versus Normal Science
5(2)
Interdisciplinarity and Training
7(1)
Strategic Interdisciplinarity
7(1)
What Would an Interdisciplinary Research Process Look Like?
8(9)
Interdisciplinary Research: Process and Theory
8(3)
The Ecology of Team Science
11(1)
Integration and Implementation Sciences
12(2)
Types of Interdisciplinarity
14(1)
Transdisciplinary Perspectives
15(2)
Conclusion
17(4)
PART II DRAWING ON DISCIPLINARY INSIGHTS
21(102)
2 Jewish Marriage as an Expression of Israel's Conflicted Identity
23(30)
Marilyn R. Tayler
Introduction
23(1)
Drawing on Disciplinary Insights
24(15)
Step 1 State the Focus Question
24(1)
Step 2 Justify Using an Interdisciplinary Approach
25(1)
Steps 3 and 4 Identify Relevant Disciplines and Conduct a Literature Search
26(2)
Step 5 Develop Adequacy in Each Relevant Discipline
28(1)
Step 6 Analyze the Problem and Evaluate Each Insight Into It
29(1)
The Insights of Religion
30(3)
The Insights of Political Science
33(3)
The Insights of Law
36(3)
Integrating Insights and Producing an Interdisciplinary Understanding
39(10)
Step 7 Identify Conflicts Between Insights and Their Sources
39(1)
Sources of Conflict Within the Same Discipline
40(1)
Sources of Conflict Between Disciplines
40(2)
Step 8 Create or Discover Common Ground
42(1)
Nature and Extent of Conflicts
42(1)
The Discovery/Creation of Common Ground
43(2)
Step 9 Integrate Insights
45(1)
Legal Pragmatism Theory Supported by Covenant Theory as the Basis for Integration
46(2)
Step 10 Produce an Interdisciplinary Understanding of the Problem and Test It
48(1)
Conclusion
49(4)
3 The Metropolitan Problem in Interdisciplinary Perspective
53(38)
Michan Andrew Connor
Introduction
53(3)
Cities and Suburbs: Spatial Framings of Metropolitan Issues
56(6)
Historical Perspectives on Metropolitan Formation
58(1)
Methodological Patterns in Urban and Suburban History
59(1)
Intradisciplinary Debate and the New Suburban History
60(2)
Parallels Between the New Suburban History and Urban History
62(1)
Alternate Spatial Framings in the Social Sciences
62(11)
Metropolitics: Fighting Fragmentation
63(3)
Behavioralism and Public Choice Theory
66(1)
Public Choice Theory and Public Policy
67(1)
Normative and Analytical Critiques of Public Choice Theory
67(2)
Critical Legal Studies: The Power of Local Government and Boundaries
69(2)
The Limits of Social Science Perspectives on Metropolitan Formation
71(2)
The Social Production of Metropolitan Los Angeles
73(10)
Theory, Practice, and Metropolitan Space: The Career of Public Choice Theory in Los Angeles County
74(5)
The Rule of Homes: The Culture of a Public Choice Metropolis
79(2)
The Image of Homes Mediates Political Contradictions
81(1)
Metropolitan Political Conflicts Under Public Choice Theory
81(2)
Conclusion
83(8)
4 Mektoub: When Art Meets History, Philosophy, and Linguistics
91(32)
Mieke Bal
Introduction
91(1)
How to Develop a Research Question
92(6)
The End: Philosophy of Cinema
98(4)
Poetry: A Cinema of Literature
102(4)
Where Are We? Geography of Setting
106(4)
Schizophrenia: Psychiatry of Cinema
110(2)
Tragedy: Ethics of Theater
112(6)
Mektoub
118(2)
Conclusion
120(3)
PART III APPROACHES TO INTEGRATION
123(176)
5 Integrating Theory-Based Insights on the Causes of Suicide Terrorism
125(34)
Allen F. Repko
Introduction
125(1)
Drawing on Disciplinary Insights (Steps 1 to 6)
126(12)
Identifying the Most Relevant Disciplines (Step 3) and Conducting the Full-Scale Literature Search (Step 4)
127(1)
Developing Adequacy in Each Relevant Discipline (Step 5)
128(1)
Analyzing the Problem and Evaluating Each Insight Into It (Step 6)
129(1)
The Theory-Based Insights of Psychology
129(2)
The Theory-Based Insights of Political Science
131(3)
The Theory-Based Insight of Cultural Anthropology
134(1)
The Theory-Based Insight of History
135(1)
A Taxonomy of Theory-Based Insights
136(2)
Integrating Causal Explanations (Steps 7 to 9)
138(15)
Identifying Conflicts in Insights and Locating Their Sources (Step 7)
139(1)
Conflicting Disciplinary Perspectives
139(1)
Conflicting Disciplinary Assumptions
139(1)
Conflicting Disciplinary Theories
140(3)
Summary of These Theories and How Their Assumptions Conflict
143(2)
Creating Common Ground (Step 8)
145(1)
Constructing a More Comprehensive Understanding (Step 9)
145(7)
A Statement of the More Comprehensive Theory Itself
152(1)
Lessons for Interdisciplinary Practice
153(1)
The Final Step (Step 10)
154(1)
Conclusion
155(4)
6 An Interdisciplinary Analysis of the Causes of Economic Growth
159(32)
Rick Szostak
Introduction
159(1)
Identify an Interdisciplinary Research Question
160(1)
Identifying Relevant Phenomena, Theories, Methods, and Disciplines
161(5)
Evaluating Disciplinary Insights
166(2)
Creating Common Ground
168(18)
The Proximate Causes Themselves
170(1)
Trade and Growth
171(2)
Technology and Growth
173(1)
Institutions
174(5)
Culture and Growth
179(2)
Networks
181(2)
Social Structure
183(1)
Community Development
183(1)
Emergent Properties
184(1)
Lessons for Interdisciplinary Practice
185(1)
Reflection and Communication
186(1)
Conclusion
187(4)
7 Why We Talk: An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Evolutionary Origin of Language
191(34)
Ria van der Lecq
Introduction
191(1)
Beginning the Research Process (Steps 1 to 4)
191(3)
Framing the Research Question (Step 1)
191(1)
Justifying an Interdisciplinary Approach (Step 2)
192(1)
Identifying Relevant Disciplines (Step 3) and Conducting an In-Depth Literature Search (Step 4)
192(2)
Drawing on Disciplinary Insights on the Primary Function of Language (Steps 5 to 6)
194(16)
Developing Adequacy in Each Relevant Discipline (Step 5)
194(1)
Evaluating Disciplinary Insights (Step 6)
195(1)
The Theory of Evolution
196(2)
Contemporary Theories
198(12)
Integrating Insights and Producing an Interdisciplinary Understanding (Steps 7 to 10)
210(11)
Identifying Conflicts Between Insights and Their Sources (Step 7)
212(1)
A Taxonomy of Conflicting Insights
213(2)
Conflicting Concepts
215(1)
Conflicting Assumptions
215(1)
Creating Common Ground (Step 8)
216(1)
Creating Common Ground Using Concepts
216(1)
Creating Common Ground Using Assumptions
217(1)
Integrating Disciplinary Insights (Step 9)
218(1)
An Interdisciplinary Understanding of the Primary Function of Language (Step 10)
219(2)
Lessons for Interdisciplinary Practice
221(1)
Conclusion
222(3)
8 Understanding Human Action: Integrating Meanings, Mechanisms, Causes, and Contexts
225(34)
Machiel Keestra
Introduction
225(2)
Mechanism-Based Explanation in Brief
227(3)
Drawing on Disciplinary Insights (Steps 1 to 6)
230(15)
Defining the Problem: Decomposition of Action Understanding
231(2)
Justify Using an Interdisciplinary Approach: Action Understanding as a Multilevel Phenomenon
233(2)
Identify Disciplines Most Relevant to the Mechanism-Based Approach
235(3)
Conduct an In-Depth Literature Search
238(1)
Develop Adequacy Concerning the Relevant Components, Operations, and Interactions of the Mechanism
239(4)
Analyze the Phenomenon and Evaluate Each Insight Into It
243(2)
Integrating Insights (Steps 7 to 10)
245(10)
Identify Conflicts Between Insights and Locate Their Sources
246(2)
Create or Discover Common Ground via a Mechanism
248(2)
Integrate Insights Into a Mechanism-Based Explanation
250(2)
Produce a Mechanism-Based Explanation of Human Action Understanding and Test It
252(3)
Conclusion
255(4)
9 Integrative Theory in Criminology Applied to the Complex Social Problem of School Violence
259(24)
Stuart Henry
Nicole L. Bracy
Introduction
259(1)
Creating Common Ground(s) and a Comprehensive Understanding in Criminology
260(10)
Conceptual Integration
263(2)
Propositional Integration
265(3)
Causal Integration
268(1)
Cross-Level Integration
269(1)
Toward an Integrated Analysis of Violence and School Violence
270(2)
Violence as a Complex Problem
270(2)
Integrative Theory in Criminology as an Explanation of Violence/School Violence
272(2)
Integrative Analysis of School Violence as a Cumulative Reciprocal Causal Process
274(3)
Conclusion
277(6)
10 Research Integration: A Comparative Knowledge Base
283(16)
Julie Thompson Klein
Historical Beginnings
284(2)
Transdisciplinarity and the Shift to Complexity and Problem Solving
286(2)
Means of Integration
288(2)
Lessons From TDR Integration
290(3)
Conclusion
293(6)
1 The Principle of Variance
293(1)
No Universal Formula for Integration
293(1)
2 The Principle of Platforming
294(1)
Interaction Structure, Integration Potential, Fundament
294(1)
3 The Principle of Iteration
294(1)
Moving Back and Forth, Bootstrapping, Triangulation, Reflective Balance, and Weaving
294(1)
4 The Principle of Communicative Rationality
295(1)
Shared Language Culture, Social Learning, Translation-Negotiation-Mediation, Intersubjectivity
295(4)
Conclusion
299
William H. Newell
Introduction
299(1)
Interdisciplinary Research Process Across the Academy
300(1)
Conceptions of Interdisciplinarity Across the Academy
301(2)
Modifications to the Interdisciplinary Process
303(2)
Operationalizing the Interdisciplinary Process
305(6)
Meta-Discussions of Interdisciplinary Research Process
311(2)
Conclusion
313
Author Index 315(6)
Subject Index 321(118)
Preface xxi
Acknowledgments xxxii
About the Author xxxiii
PART I About Interdisciplinary Studies
1(66)
1 Defining Interdisciplinary Studies
3(29)
Chapter Preview
3(1)
The Meaning of Interdisciplinary Studies
3(9)
Two Conceptions of Interdisciplinary Studies
3(1)
The "Discipline" Part of Interdisciplinary Studies
4(1)
Categories of Traditional Disciplines
5(1)
The Fine and Performing Arts
5(1)
The Applied and Professional Fields
5(1)
The Emergence of Interdisciplines
6(1)
Evolving Constructs
6(1)
The "Inter" Part of Interdisciplinary Studies
7(1)
"Inter" Refers to Contested Space
7(1)
"Inter" Refers to the Action Taken on Insights
7(1)
"Inter" Refers to the Result of Integration
7(1)
Aspects of the Prefix "Inter" Summarized
8(1)
The "Studies" Part of Interdisciplinary Studies
8(1)
Why Traditional Disciplines Are Not Referred to as "Studies"
8(1)
Why "Studies" Is an Integral Part of Interdisciplinary Studies
9(1)
The Differences Between the Disciplines and Interdisciplinary Studies
9(2)
Why "Studies" Is Plural
11(1)
A Definition of Interdisciplinary Studies
12(4)
Reasons for Agreeing on a Definition of Interdisciplinary Studies
12(2)
Authoritative Definitions of Interdisciplinary Studies
14(1)
An Integrated Definition of Interdisciplinary Studies
15(1)
What Interdisciplinary Studies Is Not
16(6)
Interdisciplinary Studies Is Not Multidisciplinary Studies
16(1)
Two Metaphors
17(1)
The Fable of the Elephant House
17(3)
Interdisciplinary Studies Is Not Transdisciplinary Studies
20(1)
The Differences Between Multidisciplinarity, Interdisciplinarity, and Transdisciplinarity Summarized
20(1)
The Premise of Interdisciplinary Studies
21(1)
Competing Impulses Behind the Term Interdisciplinarity
22(1)
How the Term Interdisciplinarity Is Variably Used Today
22(3)
Forms of Interdisciplinarity
22(1)
Interdisciplinarity Is Used to Describe Work
23(1)
The Work of Integrating Knowledge
23(1)
The Work of Recognizing and Confronting Differences
24(1)
Interdisciplinarity Is Used to Describe a Research Process
24(1)
Interdisciplinarity Is Used to Describe the Kind of Knowledge Produced
25(1)
Interdisciplinarity Is Used to Describe Change in Knowledge Production
25(1)
Metaphors Commonly Used for Interdisciplinary Work
25(4)
The Metaphor of Boundary Crossing
26(1)
The Metaphor of Bridge Building
27(1)
The Metaphor of Mapping
27(1)
The Metaphor of Bilingualism
28(1)
Reflections on These Metaphors
28(1)
Chapter Summary
29(1)
Notes
29(1)
Exercises
30(2)
2 Mapping the Drivers of Interdisciplinarity
32(35)
Chapter Preview
32(1)
The Primary Drivers of Interdisciplinary Research and Education
33(8)
The Inherent Complexity of Nature and Society
33(2)
The Desire to Explore Problems and Questions That are Not Confined to a Single Discipline
35(2)
The Need to Solve Social Problems
37(1)
The Need to Produce Revolutionary Insights and Generative Technologies
38(3)
The Interdisciplinary Critique of the Disciplines
41(4)
Specialization Can Blind Us to the Broader Context
42(1)
Specialization Tends to Produce Tunnel Vision
42(1)
Disciplinarians Sometimes Fail to Appreciate Other Disciplinary Perspectives
43(1)
Some Worthwhile Topics Fall in the Gaps Between Disciplines
43(1)
Creative Breakthroughs Often Require Interdisciplinary Knowledge
43(1)
The Disciplines Are Often Unable to Address Complex Problems Comprehensively
44(1)
The Disciplines Are Products of a Bygone Age
44(1)
The Formation of the Disciplines and the Origins of Interdisciplinarity
45(7)
The Origins of the University and the Disciplines
46(1)
The Impact of the Enlightenment and Scientific Revolution on the Disciplines
46(1)
The Consolidation of the Disciplines in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries
47(1)
The Professionalization of Knowledge in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries and the Rise of the Modern Disciplines
47(1)
The Emergence of Interdisciplinary Studies and Interdisciplinarity
48(1)
The General Education Movement
49(1)
The Cold War Era and Interdisciplinarity
49(1)
University Reforms in the 1960s and the Emergence of Interdisciplinary Studies
50(1)
Interdisciplinary Studies Becomes an Academic Field
51(1)
Assumptions of Interdisciplinarity
52(4)
The Reality Beyond the Academy Requires an Interdisciplinary Approach to Research and Education
52(1)
The Disciplines Are Foundational to Interdisciplinarity
53(1)
The Disciplines by Themselves Are Inadequate to Address Complex Problems
53(2)
Disciplinary Perspectives are Partial and Biased
55(1)
Cognitive Abilities Fostered by Interdisciplinarity
56(2)
Develop and Apply Perspective-Taking Techniques
56(1)
Develop Structural Knowledge of Complex Problems
56(1)
Create or Discover Common Ground Between Conflicting Insights
56(1)
Integrate Conflicting Insights From Two or More Disciplines
57(1)
Produce a Cognitive Advancement or More Comprehensive Understanding of the Problem
57(1)
Reflection on What Interdisciplinary Education Offers
58(1)
Traits and Skills of Interdisciplinarians
58(5)
Traits
58(3)
Skills
61(2)
Reflection on Traits and Skills of Interdisciplinarians
63(1)
Chapter Summary
63(1)
Notes
64(1)
Exercises
65(2)
PART II Drawing on Disciplinary Insights
67(192)
3 Beginning the Research Process
69(24)
Chapter Preview
69(1)
What the Interdisciplinary Research Process Is
69(4)
A Process of Decision Making
69(1)
A Decision-Making Process
70(1)
A Decision-Making Process That Is Heuristic
70(1)
A Decision-Making Process That Is Iterative
71(1)
A Decision-Making Process That Is Reflexive
71(1)
Two Additional Characteristics of the IRP
71(2)
An Integrated Model of the IRP
73(3)
The Benefits of a Map
73(1)
Cautions Concerning These STEPS
74(2)
Step 1 Define the Problem or State the Research Question
76(8)
Select a Problem or Pose a Question That Is Complex and Requires Insights From More Than One Discipline
76(1)
Define the Scope of the Problem or Question
77(1)
Avoid Three Tendencies That Run Counter to the IRP
78(1)
Disciplinary Bias
78(1)
Disciplinary Jargon
78(1)
Personal Bias
79(1)
Follow Three Guidelines for Stating the Problem or Posing the Question
80(1)
Examples of Statements of an Interdisciplinary Problem or Question
81(3)
Note to Readers
84(1)
Step 2 Justify Using an Interdisciplinary Approach
84(9)
The Problem or Question Is Complex
85(1)
Important Insights or Theories of the Problem Are Offered by Two or More Disciplines
85(1)
Note to Readers
86(1)
No Single Discipline Has Been Able to Explain the Problem Comprehensively or Resolve It
86(1)
The Problem Is an Unresolved Societal Need or Issue
86(1)
Examples of Statements That Justify Using an Interdisciplinary Approach
87(2)
Chapter Summary
89(1)
Notes
90(1)
Exercises
91(2)
4 Introducing the Disciplines
93(50)
Chapter Preview
93(1)
The Structure of Knowledge and Its Reflection in the Organization of the Academy
93(3)
Disciplines
94(1)
Disciplinarity
94(1)
Categories of Disciplines
94(2)
The Concept of Disciplinary Perspective
96(9)
Disciplinary Perspective
96(3)
Misconceptions About the Term Disciplinary Perspective
99(1)
Other Problems With the Concept of Disciplinary Perspective
99(1)
The Concept of Disciplinary Perspective Clarified
100(1)
A Definition of Disciplinary Perspective
101(1)
Using Disciplinary Perspectives
102(3)
The Defining Elements of a Discipline's Perspective
105(33)
Phenomena
105(2)
Phenomena Classified
107(4)
Note to Readers
111(1)
Epistemology
111(1)
The Nature and Limits of the Truth Claims Made by Major Epistemological Approaches
112(1)
Various Epistemologies
113(4)
Epistomologies of Various Theories and Schools of Thought
117(2)
Note to Readers
119(1)
Assumptions
120(1)
Basic Assumptions
120(5)
Note to Readers
125(1)
Concepts
126(1)
Theory
126(1)
Two Kinds of Theory
127(1)
The Importance of Theory to Interdisciplinary Work
127(1)
Note to Readers
128(1)
Method
128(1)
The Importance of Disciplinary Methods to Interdisciplinary Work
128(2)
Various Methods
130(7)
The Correlation Between Epistemologies and Method
137(1)
Note to Readers
137(1)
Chapter Summary
138(1)
Notes
139(2)
Exercises
141(2)
5 Identifying Relevant Disciplines
143(24)
Chapter Preview
143(1)
Step 3 Identify Relevant Disciplines
143(1)
Identify Potentially Relevant Disciplines
143(6)
Identify Potentially Relevant Disciplines Before Conducting the Full-Scale Literature Search
144(1)
Identify Phenomena Typically of Interest to Disciplines
145(1)
Draw on Disciplinary Perspectives in a General Sense
145(1)
An Example of the Standard Way to Proceed
145(2)
Synthesis of the Perspectival and Classification Approaches
147(1)
Summary of How to Identify Disciplines Potentially Relevant to the Problem
148(1)
Map the Problem to Reveal Its Disciplinary Parts
149(10)
The Research Map
149(1)
The Concept or Principle Map
150(2)
The Theory Map
152(1)
Systems Thinking and the System Map
152(4)
Benefits to Students of Using Systems Thinking and the System Map
156(1)
The Similarity of Systems Thinking to Problem-Based and Inquiry-Based Learning
157(1)
How Systems Thinking Promotes Interdisciplinary Learning and Facilitates the Research Process
158(1)
Reducing the Number of Potentially Relevant Disciplines to Those That Are Most Relevant
159(5)
"Most" Relevant Defined
159(1)
Three Questions to Ask to Distinguish Between Potentially Relevant and Most Relevant Disciplines
159(1)
Applying These Questions to the Disciplines Potentially Relevant to Various Topics
160(3)
Note to Readers
163(1)
Applying These Questions to the Problem of Human Cloning
163(1)
Chapter Summary
164(1)
Notes
165(1)
Exercises
166(1)
6 Conducting the Literature Search
167(26)
Chapter Preview
167(1)
Step 4 Conduct the Literature Search
167(1)
Defining Literature Search
167(1)
Reasons for Conducting the Literature Search
168(2)
Special Challenges Confronting Interdisciplinarians
170(2)
There Is Simply More Ground to Be Covered
170(1)
Interdisciplinary Researchers Risk Being Seduced by What Disciplinary Experts Say
170(1)
Interdisciplinarians Must Place the Insights and Theories of Each Relevant Discipline Within the Context of Its Unique Perspective
171(1)
The Methods of Library and Database Cataloguing Disadvantage Interdisciplinary Researchers
171(1)
Conducting the Interdisciplinary Literature Search
172(18)
The Initial Search
173(1)
The Organization and Classification of Books in Libraries
173(3)
Direct Searching
176(3)
Search Strategies
179(3)
Mistakes Commonly Made When Beginning the Literature Search
182(1)
The Full-Scale Literature Search
183(1)
Note to Readers
184(1)
Two Challenges of the Full-Scale Literature Search
184(4)
Building on the Connections Discovered by Previous Scholars
188(1)
Consulting Disciplinary Experts
188(1)
Other Sources of Knowledge
189(1)
Chapter Summary
190(1)
Notes
191(1)
Exercises
191(2)
7 Developing Adequacy in Relevant Disciplines
193(32)
Chapter Preview
193(1)
Step 5 Develop Adequacy in Each Relevant Discipline
193(1)
Comprehending Enough About Each Discipline
193(5)
How Much Knowledge Is Required From Each Discipline?
194(1)
An Undergraduate Example
194(1)
A Solo Interdisciplinarian Example
194(1)
Examples of the Need for Varying Degrees of Adequacy
195(1)
Note to Readers
196(1)
Developing Adequacy in Relevant Disciplines Involves Borrowing
196(1)
What Kind of Knowledge Is Required From Each Discipline?
197(1)
Which Disciplinary Elements Are Applicable to the Problem?
197(1)
What Are the Characteristics of the Problem?
197(1)
What Is the Goal of the Research Project?
198(1)
Developing Adequacy in Theories
198(6)
The Reason to Understand Theories
198(1)
Concepts and How They Relate to Theory
199(1)
How to Proceed
199(1)
First, Identify Theories Within a Single Discipline
199(3)
Second, Identify Theories Within Each of the Other Relevant Disciplines
202(1)
When to Use a Deductive Approach to Theory Selection
203(1)
Developing Adequacy in Disciplinary Methods
204(15)
Defining Disciplinary Method
204(2)
Methods Used in the Natural Sciences, the Social Sciences, and the Humanities
206(1)
The Natural Sciences
206(1)
The Social Sciences
206(1)
The Humanities
206(1)
The Interdisciplinary Position on Methods
207(1)
Adequacy in Disciplines Must Include Understanding Disciplinary Research Methods
207(1)
Adequacy in Disciplines Includes Knowing the Interdisciplinary Position on the Quantitative Versus Qualitative Methods Debate
208(1)
Two Misconceptions About Qualitative Research
209(1)
Theoretical Implications of Using Qualitative Research Methods
209(1)
How a Discipline's Preferred Methods Correlates to Its Preferred Theories
210(1)
How to Select Methods
211(1)
When Conducting Basic Research in the Sciences
211(1)
When Conducting Basic Research in the Humanities
212(3)
How the IRP Relates to the Disciplinary Method(s) Used in Basic Research
215(1)
The Concept of Triangulation in Research Methodology
216(1)
Deciding Which Disciplinary Methods to Use in Conducting Basic Research
217(2)
Providing In-Text Evidence of Disciplinary Adequacy
219(1)
Chapter Summary
220(1)
Notes
221(2)
Exercises
223(2)
8 Analyzing the Problem and Evaluating Insights
225(34)
Chapter Preview
225(1)
Step 6 Analyze the Problem and Evaluate Each Insight or Theory
225(1)
Analyzing the Problem From Each Disciplinary Perspective
225(8)
How to Analyze a Problem From Each Disciplinary Perspective
226(2)
Examples of Analyzing Problems From Disciplinary Perspectives
228(4)
Reflections on Analyzing Problems From Disciplinary Perspectives
232(1)
The Problem of Personal Bias
233(1)
Evaluating Insights
234(7)
Disciplinary Perspective in General
234(5)
The Theories Used in Generating Insights
239(1)
Stating the Theory, Detecting Its Assumptions, and Identifying Its Explanatory Strengths and Limitations
239(2)
Asking the "5 W" Questions to Evaluate the Appropriateness of Each Theory to the Problem
241(14)
The Data Used as Evidence for Insights
244(2)
Examples of How Supportive Evidence Reflects Disciplinary Perspective
246(1)
Reflecting on These Examples
246(1)
The Methods Employed
247(4)
The Phenomena Embraced by Insights
251(4)
Checklist for Evaluating Previous Research
255(1)
Chapter Summary
255(1)
Note
256(1)
Exercises
256(3)
PART III Integrating Insights
259(180)
9 Understanding Integration
261(32)
Chapter Preview
261(1)
What Integration Is
261(2)
A Definition of Integration or Synthesis
262(1)
The Controversy Concerning Integration
263(7)
The Generalist Critique
264(1)
Disciplinary Fragmentation Epistemological Barriers Conflicting Perspectives and Ideologies
265(1)
A Variety of Possible Results
265(1)
Preference for Theory Competition and Alternative Integrations
266(1)
The Integrationist Case
266(1)
Theories Supportive of Integration From Cognitive Psychology
267(3)
The Development of New Models of the IRP That Feature Techniques Demonstrated to Achieve Integration
270(1)
The Publication of Groundbreaking Integrative Work on a Wide Range of Complex Problems
270(1)
The Insistence on the Centrality of Integration by Leading Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Organizations
271(1)
The Advantages of Integration
271(1)
The Readily Available Tests for Selecting the Best Comprehensive Understanding
272(2)
The Goal of Full Integration
273(1)
Conditions Necessary to Perform Integration
274(7)
Overcoming Monodisciplinarity
274(1)
Perspective Taking
274(2)
Balancing Conflicting Views
276(1)
Holistic Thinking
277(1)
Triangulating Depth, Breadth, and Integration
278(1)
Disciplinary Depth
278(1)
Disciplinary Breadth
279(1)
Interdisciplinary Integration
280(1)
Cultivating Seven Qualities of Mind
280(1)
The Model of Integration Used in This Book
281(9)
What the Model Integrates
281(1)
How the Model Integrates
281(1)
Contextualization
282(1)
Conceptualization
282(2)
Problem Solving
284(1)
Summary of How the Broad Model Integrates
285(1)
What the Result of Integration Looks Like
285(1)
Integration Accommodates Epistemological Differences
286(1)
Integration Is New and More Comprehensive
287(1)
Integration Is "Larger" Than the Sum of Its Parts
288(1)
The Defining Characteristics of the Result of Integration Summarized
288(1)
Three Fundamental Questions Raised by This Discussion of the Broad Model
289(1)
Chapter Summary
290(1)
Notes
290(1)
Exercises
291(2)
10 Identifying Conflicts Between Insights
293(28)
Chapter Preview
293(1)
Step 7 Identify Conflicts Between Insights or Theories and Their Sources
293(1)
The Importance of Identifying Conflicts Between Insights
293(7)
Where Conflicting Insights Are Located
294(1)
Conflicting Insights Produced by Authors From the Same Discipline
294(1)
Conflicting Insights Produced by Authors From Different Disciplines
295(1)
Why Insights Conflict
295(2)
Concepts Embedded in Insights
297(1)
Assumptions
298(2)
Organizing Disciplinary Insights
300(1)
Theories as Sources of Insights and Conflict Between Insights
300(16)
Theories as Sources of Insights, Concepts, and Assumptions
301(1)
Theories as Sources of Insights
301(1)
Theories as Sources of Concepts
302(1)
Theories as Sources of Assumptions
302(1)
Organizing Information About Theories
303(3)
Theories From the Same Discipline Can Be Sources of Conflict Between Insights
306(3)
Theories From the Same Discipline Can Be Sources of Conflicting Assumptions
309(4)
Theories From Different Disciplines Can Be Sources of Conflict Between Insights
313(3)
A Note to Readers About Communicating Conflicts and Their Sources
316(3)
Chapter Summary
319(1)
Exercises
320(1)
11 Creating Common Ground Between Concepts
321(34)
Chapter Preview
321(1)
Step 8 Create Common Ground Between Concepts and Theories
321(1)
The Theory of Common Ground as the Basis for Collaborative Communication and Interdisciplinary Integration
322(10)
A Definition of Interdisciplinary Common Ground
322(1)
Common Ground Is Necessary for Collaborative Communication
323(1)
Common Ground Requires Unconventional Thinking
324(2)
Common Ground Is Achieved Through the Use of Language
326(1)
Note to Readers
326(1)
Common Ground Must Be Created Whenever Concepts or Theories Conflict
327(1)
Common Ground Is Created by Modifying Concepts or Theories Directly or Through Their Assumptions
327(1)
Creating Common Ground Is Integral to Preparing Concepts and Theories for Integration
328(1)
Creating Common Ground Requires Using Intuition
329(1)
An Example of How Intuition Helps to Achieve Common Ground
330(1)
Creating Common Ground Plays Out Differently in Contexts of Narrow Versus Wide Interdisciplinarity
331(1)
Creating Common Ground Is the Interdisciplinarian's Responsibility
332(1)
Modifying Concepts and Assumptions
332(20)
How to Proceed
333(1)
When to Seek Common Ground
333(1)
Decide How Comprehensive the Study Will Be
333(1)
Decide What Common Ground Will Be Created From
334(1)
A Best Practice When Working With Concepts and Assumptions
335(1)
Techniques Demonstrated for Modifying Concepts and Assumptions
335(1)
1 The Technique of Redefinition
336(4)
2 The Technique of Extension
340(3)
3 The Technique of Transformation
343(3)
4 The Technique of Organization
346(1)
The Value of These Techniques
347(1)
Creating Common Ground When Assumed Values and Rights Conflict
348(1)
Arguments for the Validity of These Types
349(1)
How to Know If Insights Conflict Over Ethics
349(1)
Creating Common Ground When Values and Ethical Positions Conflict
350(2)
Chapter Summary
352(1)
Notes
352(1)
Exercises
353(2)
12 Creating Common Ground Between Theories
355(27)
Chapter Preview
355(1)
Disciplinary Theories
355(2)
A Definition of Disciplinary Theory
356(1)
When Working With Theories Is Necessary
356(1)
The Relationship of Models, Variables, and Causal Processes to Theories
357(4)
Models
357(1)
Variables and Relationships
358(1)
Independent and Dependent Variables
358(1)
Why a More Comprehensive Theory Includes Variables From Other Relevant Theories
359(1)
Theories May Contain Macro- and/or Micro-Level Variables Affecting the Construction of a More Comprehensive Theory
359(2)
Variables and Causality
361(3)
When Theories Differ Only Minimally and Focus Instead on Process
361(3)
Modifying a Set of Theories
364(5)
Situation A One or More Theories in the Set Have a Broader Range of Applicability Than Do Others
364(1)
Identify All Variables or Causal Factors Addressed by Each Theory
364(1)
Reduce These Variables to the Fewest Number Possible by Categorizing Them Under a Few Broad Headings
365(1)
Determine How Many of These Categories Are Included in Each Theory
366(1)
If No Theory Encompasses All Categories, Determine Which Theory Can Most Readily Be Extended to Do So
366(2)
Modify the Theory by Extending Its Range of Applicability
368(1)
Critiquing Theories
369(10)
Situation B None of the Theories in the Set Borrow Elements From Other Disciplines
370(1)
Modifying Concepts Embedded in Theories
371(1)
Modifying Assumptions Underlying Theories
372(5)
Modifying Concepts and Assumptions
377(2)
Chapter Summary
379(1)
Notes
380(1)
Exercises
380(2)
13 Constructing a More Comprehensive Understanding or Theory
382(27)
Chapter Preview
382(1)
Step 9 Construct a More Comprehensive Understanding
382(1)
A Definition of More Comprehensive Understanding and More Comprehensive Theory Unpacking This Definition
383(4)
The Process Involved
383(1)
Constructing the More Comprehensive Understanding From Modified Concepts
384(1)
From the Humanities
384(2)
From the Social Sciences
386(1)
Constructing a More Comprehensive Theory From a Modified Theory
387(20)
Six Strategies to Achieve Causal or Propositional Integration
388(1)
Sequential or End-to-end Causal Integration
388(1)
Horizontal or Side-by-Side Causal Integration
389(1)
Multicausal Integration
390(5)
Cross-level or Multilevel Causal Integration
395(8)
Spatial and Analytical Integration
403(4)
Chapter Summary
407(1)
Notes
407(1)
Exercises
408(1)
14 Reflecting on, Testing, and Communicating the Understanding
409(30)
Chapter Preview
409(1)
Step 10 Reflect on, Test, and Communicate the Understanding
409(1)
Reflecting on the More Comprehensive Understanding or Theory
409(5)
Reflect on What Has Actually Been Learned From the Project in an Overall Sense
410(1)
Reflect on STEPS Omitted or Compressed
411(1)
Reflect on One's Own Biases
411(1)
Interrogate One's Own Biases
412(1)
Check One's Work for Biases
413(1)
Reflect on One's Adherence to a Theoretical Approach
413(1)
Reflect on One's Limited Understanding of the Relevant Disciplines, Theories, and Methods
414(1)
Testing the Quality of Interdisciplinary Work
414(4)
Learning Outcomes Claimed for Interdisciplinarity
415(1)
Cognitive Abilities Attributable to Interdisciplinary Learning Drawn From Research on Cognition and Instruction
415(1)
Develop and Apply Perspective-Taking Techniques
416(1)
Develop Structural Knowledge of Problems Appropriate to Interdisciplinary Inquiry
416(1)
Create Common Ground Between Conflicting Disciplinary Insights
417(1)
Integrate Conflicting Disciplinary Insights
417(1)
Produce a Cognitive Advancement or Interdisciplinary Understanding of a Problem
417(1)
Four Core Premises That Underlie the Concept of Cognitive Advancement
417(1)
Testing or Assessing the More Comprehensive Understanding
418(7)
The Newell Test
419(1)
The Tress et al. Test
419(2)
The Szostak Test
421(1)
The Boix Mansilla et al. Test
422(2)
Integrating These Tests
424(1)
Communicating the Results of Integration
425(11)
A Metaphor
426(1)
A Model
426(1)
Examples of Models
427(2)
A Narrative
429(1)
Examples of Narratives
429(2)
Note to Readers
431(1)
A New Process to Achieve New Outcomes
431(1)
Examples of New Processes
432(1)
A New Product
433(1)
A Critique of an Existing Policy and/or a Proposed New Policy
433(1)
Examples of Critiques
434(1)
A New Question or Avenue of Scientific Inquiry
435(1)
The Value of Communicating Back to Disciplines
435(1)
Chapter Summary
436(1)
Note
436(1)
Exercises
437(2)
Conclusion 439(6)
Appendix 445(14)
Glossary of Key Terms 459(17)
References 476(20)
Author Index 496(4)
Subject Index 500
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 programs 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).