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Yes, you can access An Introduction to Interdisciplinary Research by Machiel Keestra,Steph Menken, Machiel Keestra, Steph Menken in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Education & Education General. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher

Amsterdam University Press

Year

2016

eBook ISBN

9789048531615

Edition

Topic

Education

Subtopic

Education General

16

Chapter 

1

Introduction

In

their 

experiments, 

they 

found 

that 

psychological 

traits 

like 

bad

character 

or

low

intelligence 

could 

not

explain 

why

poor 

people 

made 

more 

bad

decisions

than

people

with

more

ﬁnancial

resources.

Instead,

Shaﬁr

and

Mullainathan 

came 

up

with 

another 

explanation: 

It

is

often 

a

person’s 

context

that

dictates

whether

someone

can

make

a

good

decision.

Shaﬁr

again:

“Slowly

came

the

realization

that

many

of

the

mistakes

made

by

the

poor 

are

caused 

by

poverty 

itself.” 

In

their 

book, 

the

researchers 

explain 

that 

when 

someone 

experiences 

scarcity 

–

whether 

it

is

a

lack 

of

money, 

friends 

or

time 

–

this 

shortage 

‘captures’ 

that 

person’s 

mind. 

Her

mind 

will 

intentionally 

and

unintentionally 

deal 

with 

scarcity, 

and

this 

leaves 

less 

cognitive 

capacity 

for

other 

things, 

such 

as

making 

a

good 

decision. 

Contents
Acknowledgements
Preface
Part 1. The Handbook – ‘The What’
1. Introduction
2. What is science? A brief philosophy of science
3. The disciplines
4. Interdisciplinarity
5. Complexity: the main driving force behind interdisciplinarity
6. Interdisciplinary integration
Part 2. The Manual – ‘The How’
7. The interdisciplinary research process
8. The problem
9. Theoretical framework and research question1
10. How to collect and analyze your data
11. Discussion and conclusion(s)
Part 3. Interdisciplinary research in practice
12. Interdisciplinary research example: fogponics
13. Interdisciplinary careers
Further reading
References

Frequently asked questions

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