Building In Research and Evaluation

Human Inquiry for Living Systems
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-61132-101-2
Verlag: Left Coast Press Inc

Buch, Englisch, 360 Seiten, Format (B × H): 254 mm x 206 mm, Gewicht: 788 g

Yoland Wadsworth’s ground-breaking proposition is that the act of inquiry is the way by which every living organism and all collective human life goes about continuously learning, improving and changing. Building in Research and Evaluation explores this new approach, a basic theory of human understanding and action. By deepening our understanding about the cyclical processes of acting, observing, questioning, feeling, reflecting, thinking, planning and acting again, Wadsworth identifies how new life might be brought to what we do, both professionally, and personally. Far from being dry academic theory, she shows how this practice-derived evaluative inquiry process can drive progress toward social justice and human betterment. This book will open new vistas of thought and new methods of inquiry for the reflective practitioner in health, human services, education, social sciences. It is the theoretical capstone of a trilogy of best-selling books by Wadsworth, which also includes Everyday Evaluation on the Run and Do-it-Yourself Social Research.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wadsworth, Yoland

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Forschungsmethoden
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Empirische Sozialforschung, Statistik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by Michael Quinn PattonPrefaceList of Tables and FiguresAcknowledgementsPrologue1. Some Introductory Foundations for Building on2. Living Systems3. Cycles of Research, Evaluation and Inquiry for Life4. More (Truly) Living Human Services5. Examples of Building in Inquiry for Living Human Service Systems6. Concluding WordsAppendicesAppendix 1. How To Deliver Negative Evaluation Results ConstructivelyAppendix 2. Key Drivers of Organisational ExcellenceAppendix 3. What's the Myers Briggs Indicator Got To Do With It?Appendix 4. An Example of Use of the Sequence of Whole Cycle Research Questions: in Health Promotion PracticeAppendix 5. Other Integral Theories of ChangeAnnotated BibliographyReferencesIndex