Building in Research and Evaluation
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Building in Research and Evaluation

Human inquiry for living systems

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eBook - ePub

Building in Research and Evaluation

Human inquiry for living systems

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About This Book

Albert Einstein said we can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them. If we don't have the kinds of health and human services or even the kinds of lives, communities and organisations we want, then we need to think differently.Yoland Wadsworth offers an inspired insight and radically new proposition: that the act of our 'inquiring', of researching and evaluating together, is the way by which every living organism and all collective human life goes about continuously achieving the conditions for life. Building in Research and Evaluation explores this new approach for bringing about both wanted change and stability. By inquiring around 'whole cycles' of acting, observing, questioning, feeling, reflecting, thinking, planning and acting again, Yoland identifies how new life might be brought to what we do. 'Sound and persuasive, insightful, important and inviting. A great contribution' - Michael Quinn Patton, author of the best-selling book, Utilization-Focused Evaluation 'Brilliant. I'm not aware of any other book of this nature. The examples are impressive' - Linette Hawkins, social work educator 'I remain critical of 'systems' models and biological analogies for organisational processes, but this work is unquestionably original and in major ways innovative' - Raewyn Connell, sociology professor 'Highly original. an ambitious integration of concepts. Credible and useful. Grounded in pioneering empirical research' - Danny Burns, professor of organisational learning

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2020
ISBN
9781000256406
Edition
1
Topic
Architecture
Subtopic
Architecture Methods & Materials

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. FOREWORD
  6. PREFACE
  7. Contents
  8. LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES
  9. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  10. PROLOGUE
  11. CHAPTER 1 • SOME INTRODUCTORY FOUNDATIONS FOR BUILDING ON
  12. CHAPTER 2 • LIVING SYSTEMS
  13. CHAPTER 3 • CYCLES OF RESEARCH, EVALUATION AND INQUIRY FOR LIFE
  14. CHAPTER 4 • MORE (TRULY) LIVING HUMAN SERVICES
  15. CHAPTER 5 • EXAMPLES OF BUILDING IN INQUIRY FOR LIVING HUMAN SERVICE SYSTEMS
  16. CHAPTER 6 • CONCLUDING WORDS
  17. APPENDICES
  18. REFERENCES
  19. INDEX