Introduction to Interdisciplinary Studies - Repko, Allen F.

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Résumé :
Preface
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: 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 5: The Intellectual Essence 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 6: The Interdisciplinary Studies Cognitive Toolkit
How She Did It
Intellectual Capacities
Values
Traits
Skills
Ethical Analysis
Ways to Apply Your Interdisciplinary Toolkit
Basic Income
A Recommended Assignment
Critical Thinking Questions
Applications and Exercises
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
Three Alternative Approaches to Interdisciplinary Integration
The Broad Model Approach to 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...

Biographie:

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).