University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-5500, USA.
Child Dev. 2012 Jan-Feb;83(1):6-15. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01679.x.
As with any discipline, the field of child development progresses by both deepening and broadening its conceptual and empirical perspective. The rewards to refinement are impressive, but there is little need for encouragement in this area, since existing disciplines, universities, and funding agencies reward depth. The current study makes the case for breadth: for combining insights from different disciplines and methods in synergistic ways. Examples include influences of family poverty on children, inequality and child development, and methods for assessing impacts of policies. Drawing together disparate ideas from different research traditions can be not only time consuming and frustrating but also deeply rewarding, both scientifically and personally. The study closes with thoughts about how departments, universities, funding agencies, and Society for Research in Child Development itself might promote interdisciplinary inquiry.
与任何学科一样，儿童发展领域的进展既体现在深化其概念和经验视角，也体现在拓宽其概念和经验视角。精益求精会带来显著的回报，但在这方面几乎不需要鼓励，因为现有学科、大学和资助机构都奖励深度。本研究倡导拓宽视野：以协同的方式结合不同学科和方法的见解。例如，家庭贫困对儿童的影响、不平等与儿童发展，以及评估政策影响的方法。将来自不同研究传统的不同想法汇集在一起，不仅耗时且令人沮丧，但也会带来科学和个人的丰厚回报。该研究最后还探讨了部门、大学、资助机构和儿童发展研究学会本身如何促进跨学科研究的问题。
