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Record Nr.

UNINA9910544799703321

Autore

Wadsworth Yoland

Titolo

Building in research and evaluation : human inquiry for living systems / / Yoland Wadsworth

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-315-43256-0

1-315-43257-9

1-61132-102-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (361 p.)

Disciplina

001.4

300.72

Soggetti

Evaluation research (Social action programs)

Social sciences - Research

Research - Methodology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2010 by Left Coast Press, Inc.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Preface; Dedication; List of Tables and Figures; Acknowledgements; Prologue; Chapter 1: Some Introductory Foundations for Building on; Chapter 2: Living Systems; Chapter 3: Cycles of Research, Evaluation and Inquiry for Life; Chapter 4: More (Truly) Living Human Services; Chapter 5: Examples of Building in Inquiry for Living Human Service Systems; Chapter 6: Concluding Words; Appendices; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 ac