LEADER 05117nam 2200577 450 001 9910464940703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-907471-88-X 035 $a(CKB)3710000000093329 035 $a(EBL)1648817 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1648817 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1648817 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10848697 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL581004 035 $a(OCoLC)872633167 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000093329 100 $a20140326d2013 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aBecoming a practitioner researcher $ea gestalt approach to holistic inquiry /$fPaul Barber 210 1$aFaringdon, Oxfordshire :$cLibri Publishing,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (265 p.) 225 1 $aManagement, Policy + Education 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-904750-53-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Copyright; Acknowledgements; Contents; Introduction (Pre-contact); i. Preamble - Researching Holistically and Experientially; ii. Learning Intentions of this Work - Facilitating Growth and Development; iii. Reading as Reflective Inquiry - This Text as Dialogical Research; iv. The Developmental Models of this Text - Capturing Flow and Depth; Approaching Gestalt and Holistic Inquiry (Orientation); Chapter 1 Researching Holistically - 'Doing Less' and 'Being More'; 1.1 Illuminating a Holistic and Transpersonal World - The Universe as a Dancing Gestalt 327 $a1.2 Gestalt - Illuminating Patterns within a Contextual Whole1.3 Innate and Tacit Intelligence - Transpersonal Influences over and above the Self; 1.4 Humanism - Ethics with a Human Face; 1.5 The Practitioner-Researcher - Life and Work as Research; 1.6 The Researcher is the Primary Research Tool - Developing 'Mindfulness'; 1.7 Existence as Life-long Research - A Concluding Summary; Embodying Holism (Identification); Chapter 2 Appreciating the Energetic Whole - Insights from Field Theory and Gestalt; 2.1 Dynamics of the Phenomenological Field - Influences of Emergence and Dissolution 327 $a2.2 Differing Dimensions of the Facilitative Relationship - Towards Authenticity2.3 Gestalt-informed Communication and Contact - A Dialogical Example of Collaborative Inquiry; 2.4 Staying with the Unbroken Wave of Moment-to-Moment Experience - 'Now'; 2.5 Researching 'Here' and 'Now' - Some Questions to Pose to Yourself and Others; 2.6 Developmental Tasks in Holistic Inquiry - Setting some Conditions and Boundaries; Choosing a Method and Practising the Skills (Exploration); Chapter 3 Moving from Awareness into Practice - The Researcher as the Primary Research Tool 327 $a3.1 'Becoming' and 'Being' the Research - Traditions of Qualitative Inquiry3.2 Maintaining Fluidity and Flexibility - Following the Energetic Flow; 3.3 Objective Subjectivity - Differing Perspectives of Qualitative Inquiry; 3.4 Applications to Life - Exploring and Experiencing the Whole; 3.5 The Nature of Research and Knowledge - When a Fact is a Fiction; 3.6 Aesthetics of Research - Bringing Partiality and Passion back to Life in Research; 3.7 If Deep Description is for You - How Might you go About It?; Extended Case Study A: Letting Experience Speak for itself 327 $aExploring Experience and Illuminating Data (Exploration)Chapter 4 Creating a Culture of Inquiry - Setting the Scene for Group Exploration; 4.1 The Inquiring Attitude - Values to Live and Research by; 4.2 Developing a Research Community - Lessons from Therapeutic Community Practice; 4.3 Facilitative Choices in Group Inquiry - Towards Mindful Intervention; 4.4 Researching from within the Group - The Researcher as Data in a Research Field; 4.5 Raising the Unaware to Awareness - The Shadow Side of Facilitative Inquiry; 4.6 Unconscious Bias - Actively Interfering with the Interference 327 $a4.7 Perceptive and Methodological Bias - Illuminating your own Research Shadow 330 $aEmploying a Gestalt approach that places investigators in the center of their own practice, this is an indispensable guide for anyone undertaking inquiries in complex or changing organizational settings. Aiming to build a picture of awareness by prioritizing how people perceive, feel, and act, this resource provides entries within an ongoing practitioner-research journal throughout the text. Mini case studies to help clarify key points, as well as three extended case studies designed to illuminate the real-life drama of being a researcher a 410 0$aManagement, Policy + Education 606 $aResearch$xMethodology 606 $aResearch$xManagement 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aResearch$xMethodology. 615 0$aResearch$xManagement. 676 $a300.72 700 $aBarber$b Paul$0457403 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910464940703321 996 $aBecoming a practitioner researcher$92074448 997 $aUNINA