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Introduction to Interdisciplinary Studies Allen F. Repko.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Los Angeles : SAGE Publishing, 2017.Edition: Second editionDescription: xxxviii, 426 pISBN:
  • 9781506346892
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 300 REP-I
Summary: "Introduction to Interdisciplinary Studies provides a comprehensive introduction to interdisciplinary studies with an approach that is succinct, conceptual, and practical. Completely updated to reflect advances in the literature on research, learning, and assessment, the book describes the role of both disciplines and interdisciplinarity within the academy, and how these have evolved. Authors Allen F. Repko, Rick Szostak, and Michelle Phillips Buchberger effectively show students how to think like interdisciplinarians in order to facilitate their working with topics, complex problems, or themes that span multiple disciplines. New to the Third Edition are guiding questions at the start of each chapter; a discussion of the public policy issue of "basic income" as an example at the end of each chapter; group exercises added to Chapter 10; and a class project illustrated in Chapter 9; plus updated examples and references throughout"
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Book Book Dept. of Biochemistry General Stacks Dept. of Biochemistry Non-fiction 300 REP-I (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available BCH3807

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Introduction to Interdisciplinary Studies provides a comprehensive introduction to interdisciplinary studies with an approach that is succinct, conceptual, and practical. Completely updated to reflect advances in the literature on research, learning, and assessment, the book describes the role of both disciplines and interdisciplinarity within the academy, and how these have evolved. Authors Allen F. Repko, Rick Szostak, and Michelle Phillips Buchberger effectively show students how to think like interdisciplinarians in order to facilitate their working with topics, complex problems, or themes that span multiple disciplines. New to the Third Edition are guiding questions at the start of each chapter; a discussion of the public policy issue of "basic income" as an example at the end of each chapter; group exercises added to Chapter 10; and a class project illustrated in Chapter 9; plus updated examples and references throughout"

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