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cross-disciplinary
Describes any method, project and research activity that examines a subject outside the scope of its own discipline without cooperation or integration from other relevant disciplines.
source:- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossdisciplinarity
date:- 19/11/2011
inter-disciplinary
Involves the combining of two or more academic fields into one single discipline. Applied within education and training pedagogies to describe studies that use methods and insights of several established disciplines or traditional fields of study that involves researchers, students, and teachers in the goals of connecting and integrating several academic schools of thought, professions, or technologies - along with their specific perspectives - in the pursuit of a common task.
source:- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interdisciplinarity
date:- 19/11/2011
trans-disciplinary
Connotes a research strategy that crosses many disciplinary boundaries to create a holistic approach. Applies to research efforts focused on problems that cross the boundaries of two or more disciplines.
source:- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transdisciplinarity
date:- 19/11/2011
qualitative research
A method of inquiry employed in many different academic disciplines, traditionally in the social sciences, but also in market research and further contexts. Investigates the why and how of decision making, not just what, where, when; hence, smaller but focused samples are more often needed than large samples.
source:- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualitative_research
date:- 19/11/2011
ethnographic research
Involves a detailed description of the whole of a culture outside of the country of origin of the researcher. Traditionally those engaging in ethnographic research spend years in the place of study, also known as the “field.” As a result of the time spent living among communities, ethnographers have been able to produce thick written cultural descriptions known as ethnographies that communicate the information found in the field.
source:- http://www.nps.gov/ethnography/aah/aaheritage/ERCb.htm
date:- 19/11/2011
