Co-Operative Inquiry

Research into the Human Condition
1. Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-0-8039-7684-9
Verlag: Sage Publications UK

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 365 g

This is the first book to provide a comprehensive account of co-operative inquiry: a way of doing research with people where the roles of researcher and subject are integrated. Co-operative inquiry is a distinctive and wide-ranging form of participative research in which people use the full range of their sensibilities to inquire together into any aspect of the human condition. This book offers both an extensive exploration of its theoretical background and a detailed practical guide to the methods involved. Topics covered include: a critique of established research techniques; the underlying participative paradigm of co-operative inquiry; the epistemological and political aspects of participation; different types of co-operative inquiry and the range of inquiry topics; ways of setting up inquiry groups and enabling their development; four kinds of inquiry outcome and the primacy of the practical; the main stages of the inquiry cycle, highlighting key issues for practice at each stage; and special skills and procedures used for enhancing validity.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Heron, John

Heron, J.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologie: Allgemeines
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Empirische Sozialforschung, Statistik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Demographie, Demoskopie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Literatur für Manager

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Research Method and Participation
Overview of Co-operative Inquiry
Initiating an Inquiry Group
Stages of the Inquiry Cycle
Inquiry Outcomes
Radical Memory and Inquiry Skills
Validity Procedures
Validity and Beyond
A Postconceptual Worldview
Arguments for Co-operative Inquiry

Über Autor(innen)

Heron, John
John Heron founded the Human Potential Research Group at the University of Surrey, and later pioneered personal and professional development programs for doctors, as Assistant Director, British Postgraduate Medical Federation, University of London. He now runs the South Pacific Centre for Human Inquiry, New Zealand.