A Transdisciplinary Approach to International Teaching Assistants
A Transdisciplinary Approach to International Teaching Assistants

Author: Stephen Daniel Looney

Publisher: Multilingual Matters

Published: 2019-09-26

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 1788925556

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North American universities depend on international teaching assistants (ITAs) as a substantial part of the teaching labor force, which has led to the idea of an ‘ITA problem’, a deficiency model which is framed as a divergence between ITAs’ linguistic competence and undergraduates’ and their parents’ expectations. This outdated positioning of ITAs as deficient diminishes the invaluable role they play within the academy. This book argues instead for an approach to ITA which recognizes them as multilingual, skilled, migrant professionals who participate in and are discursively constructed through various participant frameworks, modalities and activities. The chapters in this volume offer state-of-the-art research into ITA using a variety of methods and approaches, and as such constitute a transdisciplinary perspective which argues for the importance of dialogue between research and practice.

A Transdisciplinary Lens for Bilingual Education
A Transdisciplinary Lens for Bilingual Education

Author: Eurydice B. Bauer

Publisher:

Published: 2021-11

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 9780367714703

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Addressing the intersections between sociocultural, cognitive, and translanguaging research, this volume explores bilingual development across education and linguistics to discuss and uncover the influences and impact of language policies, school programming, and everyday practices on bilingualism.

Stylistics and Shakespeare's Language
Stylistics and Shakespeare's Language

Author: Mireille Ravassat

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2011-06-02

Total Pages: 287

ISBN-13: 1441184279

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This innovative volume testifies to the current revived interest in Shakespeare's language and style and opens up new and captivating vistas of investigation. Transcending old boundaries between literary and linguistic studies, this engaging collaborative book comes up with an original array of theoretical approaches and new findings. The chapters in the collection capture a rich diversity of points of view and cover such fields as lexicography, versification, dramaturgy, rhetorical analyses, cognitive and computational corpus-based stylistic studies, offering a holistic vision of Shakespeare's uses of language. The perspective is deliberately broad, confronting ideas and visions at the intersection of various techniques of textual investigation. Such novel explorations of Shakespeare's multifarious artistry and amazing inventiveness in his use of language will cater for a broad range of readers, from undergraduates, postgraduates, scholars and researchers, to poetry and theatre lovers alike.

Methods for Transdisciplinary Research
Methods for Transdisciplinary Research

Author: Matthias Bergmann

Publisher: Campus Verlag

Published: 2012-08-16

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 3593396475

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To solve real-world issues, the model of transdisciplinary research, which uses approaches from both the hard and social sciences, has recently come to the forefront. It allows researchers to look at a problem from many angles, with the goal of making both societal and scientific advances. This primer provides scholars with a model for this type of work, while offering a description of methods for knowledge integration that can be applied to any field, making it an indispensable guide for every transdisciplinary researcher and teacher

Rethinking Community through Transdisciplinary Research
Rethinking Community through Transdisciplinary Research

Author: Bettina Jansen

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2019-12-31

Total Pages: 315

ISBN-13: 3030310736

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This book offers the first interdisciplinary survey of community research in the humanities and social sciences to consider such diverse disciplines as philosophy, religious studies, anthropology, sociology, disabilities studies, linguistics, communication studies, and film studies. Bringing together leading international experts, the collection of essays critically maps and explores the state of the art in community research, while also developing future perspectives for a cross-disciplinary rethinking of community. Pursuing such a critical, transdisciplinary approach to community, the book argues, can counteract reductive appropriations of the term ‘community’ and, instead, pave the way for a novel assessment of the concept’s complexity. Since community is, above all, a lived practice that shapes people’s everyday lives, the essays also suggest ways of redoing community; they discuss concrete examples of community practice, thereby bridging the gap between scholars and activists working in the field.

Social Sustainability, Past and Future
Social Sustainability, Past and Future

Author: Sander van der Leeuw

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2020-02-13

Total Pages: 533

ISBN-13: 1108498698

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A novel, integrated approach to understanding long-term human history, viewing it as the long-term evolution of human information-processing. This title is also available as Open Access.

Essentials of Transdisciplinary Research
Essentials of Transdisciplinary Research

Author: Patricia Leavy

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-05-23

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 1315429128

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Providing the key principles and methods needed to conduct a transdisciplinary study, this brief, introductory guide also offers numerous examples from multiple research sectors to show its effectiveness.

Crossing Borders, Making Connections
Crossing Borders, Making Connections

Author: Allison Burkette

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2021-01-18

Total Pages: 323

ISBN-13: 1501514393

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This edited volume explores the scope of interdisciplinary linguistics and includes voices from scholars in different disciplines within the social sciences and humanities, as well as different sub-disciplines within linguistics. Chapters within this volume offer a range of perspectives on interdisciplinary studies, represent a connection between different disciplines, or demonstrate an application of interdisciplinarity within linguistics. The volume is divided into three sections: perspectives, connections, and applications. Perspectives The goal of this section is to address more generally the definition(s) of and value of multi-, trans-, and inter-disciplinary work. In what areas and for what purposes is there a need for work that crosses discipline boundaries? What are the challenges of undertaking such work? What opportunities are available? Connections This section features paired chapters written by scholars in different disciplines that discuss the same concept/idea/issue. For example, a discussion of how "assemblage" works in archaeology is paired with a discussion of how "assemblage" can be used to talk about ‘style’ in linguistics. Applications This section can be framed as sample answers to the question: What does interdisciplinarity look like?

The Embodied Work of Teaching
The Embodied Work of Teaching

Author: Joan Kelly Hall

Publisher: Multilingual Matters

Published: 2019-09-16

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 1788925513

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The chapters in this volume build on a growing body of ethnomethodological conversation analytic research on teaching in order to enhance our empirical understandings of teaching as embodied, contingent and jointly achieved with students in the complex management of various courses of action and larger instructional projects. Together, the chapters document the embodied accomplishment of teaching by identifying specific resources that teachers use to manage instructional projects; demonstrate that teaching entails both alignment and affiliation work; and show the significance of using high-quality audiovisual data to document the sophisticated work of teaching. By providing analytic insight into the highly-specialized work of teaching, the studies make a significant contribution to a practice-based understanding of how the life of the classroom, as lived by its members, is accomplished.