Week 1 Task

Define the terms:

1. Cross disciplinary: An education; linking two or more fields of study.
Source: http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/cross-disciplinary
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2. Inter disciplinary: Involving two or more academic, scientific, or artistic disciplines.
Source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/interdisciplinary
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3. Trans disciplinary: Describing a study which runs across traditional subject boundaries such as arts and science.
Source: http://www.answers.com/topic/transdisciplinary
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4. Qualitative research: Qualitative researchers study things in their natural settings, attempting to make sense of, or to interpret, phenomena in terms of the meanings people bring to them (Denzin 1994).
Source: http://www.mrcbsu.cam.ac.uk/cochrane/handbook500/chapter_20/20_2_1_definition_of_qualitative_research.htm
Retrieved source date: 27 Oct 2012

5. Ethnographic studies/research: The observation of and interaction with persons or a group being studied in the group's own environment, often for long periods of time.
Source: http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/ethnographic+research
Retrieved source date: 27 Oct 2012