Interdisciplinary Discourse

Seongsook Choi is a lecturer in the Moray House School of Education, University of Edinburgh, UK. Her current research focuses on interdisciplinary talk, the development of analytical tools for mapping interactional patterns, and representing these dynamically in visual formats.  Keith Richards worked at the Universities of Aston and Warwick, UK, but is now retired. His publications include Qualitative Inquiry in TESOL, Language and Professional Identity, and Research Methods for Applied Language Studies (with Steven Ross and Paul Seedhouse). 

- Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. The disciplinary landscape.- Chapter 3. Understanding interdisciplinarity.- Chapter 4. Interdisciplinary interaction.- Chapter 5. Knowledge exchange in initial meetings.- Chapter 6. The collaborative construction of knowledge.- Chapter 7. Disciplinary identity.- Chapter 8. How leadership works.- Chapter 9. Conclusion.

“This book is appropriate for anyone seeking to implement interdisciplinary practice across a multidisciplinary team (rather than an interprofessional team). The authors, Choi and Richards, explain interdisciplinary discourse as well as provide the tenets of its practice. Findings are empirically evidenced, and inferences from research are justified. Terms and concepts employed within the book are explained and brought to the forefront through concrete examples.” (Bronte Diduck, Journal of Interprofessional Care, jicareblog.org, October, 2017)