LESSON 4 Flashcards
“Doctors, statisticians, and
economists are all working on COVID-19, but each
one has their own independent role.
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Pandemic Response
“We combine medicine and psychology
to understand the effect of mental health on physical
well-being.
Healthcare
• “Experts from various
fields—engineering, sociology, and local leaders—
work together to develop solutions for disaster
preparedness that go beyond just technical
expertise, involving community input and local
knowledge.”
• “In this project, it’s not only scientists and engineers
involved, but also community leaders for a more
holistic solution.
Disaster Risk Management
Different disciplines work on a
common problem but remain
within their respective fields
the disciplines do not
necessarily interact deeply
with each other.
Multidisciplinary
P o l i t i c a l S c i e n c e
M a t h e m a t i c s
C h e m i s t r y
P h y s i c s
E n e r g y
M e d i c i n e
A g r i c u l t u r a l
B o t a n y
This focuses on just one field
of study or discipline. In other
words, it stays within the
boundaries of one subject
area or expertise.
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“Doctors, government
officials, and community members collaborate to
develop health programs that are not only based on
medical knowledge but also on the needs of the
people
Public Health Programs
The study of the
relationship between physiological signals
recorded from the body and brain to mental processes and disorders.
Psychology and Physiology
“Biologists, chemists, and
political scientists are studying climate change, but
each one will focus on their respective field.
“
Climate Change Research:
focused on the study of human
anatomy and physiology
Biology
• Uses the knowledge/
understanding of more than
one discipline
• Involves two or more content
area which are not inherently
interconnected but share
commonalities
Multidisciplinary
“Farmers, scientists,
economists, and community leaders work together to
create farming systems that are sustainable at both
the scientific and community level.”
Sustainable Agriculture:
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Structuralism
Feminist Theory
Race Theory
Social Inequalities
Focuses on the physical
processes associated with celestial objects and
phenomena.
Astrology and Physics
It involves two or more content areas
which are interconnected
it uses the epistemologies or methods of
one discipline within another
interdisciplinary means creating a new
discipline with two individual
disciplinaries that could benefit a whole
study of research that an individual
discipline could not
Interdisciplinary
“Civil engineers, architects, and
financial experts are working together to build a
structure, but each works within their specific area.
Construction Project
H u m a n i t i e s
L a n g u a g e
L i t e r a t u r e
P h i l o s o p h y
T h e o l o g y
A r c h i t e c t u r e
T h e a t e r A r t
D a n c e a n d M u s i c
The study of the chemical
processes occurring in living matter.
Biology and Chemistry
S o c i a l S c i e n c e
H i s t o r y
S o c i o l o g y
P s y c h o l o g y
E c o n o m i c s
A n t h r o p o l o g y
G e o g r a p h y
P o l i t i c a l
S c i e n c e
L e g i s l a t i o n
“Civil engineering and sociology will
be combined to create better city designs based on people’s needs.”
Urban Planning
• This involves integrating knowledge and
methods from different disciplines to
address a common problem or topic. • It
goes beyond just combining subjects
but also looks at how they interact
“We need to combine economics and
psychology to understand how
emotions affect spending habits.”
Interdisciplinary
• The advantage to multidisciplinary
research is that each aspect can be
analyzed by a particular specialty, which
is often necessary to answer complex
research problems
•
It encourages the students to apply their
existing and newly-acquired knowledge
in a more practical and hands-on way
Multidisciplinary
takes place
when faculty from different
disciplines work independently on a
common problem or research question
in this approach, faculty share research
goals and work on the same problem,
but look at it from their own discipline’s
perspective
Multidisciplinary research
Focuses on epistemologies,
assumptions, knowledge, skills,
and methods used within the
boundary of a discipline.
imply involves a single content
area.
DISCIPLINARY
