Week 1

The definition of:
 
1. Cross Disciplinary

•  Cross-disciplinary refers to knowledge that explains aspects of one discipline in terms of another (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disciplinary#Cross-disciplinary)
• cross-disciplinary involving two or more academic disciplines (http://dictionary.infoplease.com/cross-disciplinary)

2. Trans Disciplinary 

Trans Disciplinary involves the combining of two or more academic disciplines into one activity (e.g. a research project). It is about creating something new by crossing boundaries, and thinking across them
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transdisciplinary)
Describing a study which runs across traditional subject boundaries such as arts and science.
(http://www.answers.com/topic/transdisciplinary#ixzz2AtIEY5OK)
 

3. 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). Qualitative research is intended to penetrate to the deeper significance that the subject of the research ascribes to the topic being researched. It involves an interpretive, naturalistic approach to its subject matter and gives priority to what the data contribute to important research questions or existing information. (http://www.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk/cochrane/handbook500/chapter_20/20_2_1_definition_of_qualitative_research.htm)
• Qualitative research is a method of inquiry employed in many different academic disciplines, traditionally in the social sciences, but also in market research and further contexts.[1] Qualitative researchers aim to gather an in-depth understanding of human behavior and the reasons that govern such behavior. The qualitative method 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. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualitative_research)

4. Ethnographic Studies

Methods of qualitative research developed by anthropologists, in which the researcher attends to and interprets communication while participating in the research context. 
(http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/ethnographic+studies)