Constructivist Approaches and Research Methods: A Practical Guide to Exploring Personal Meanings

Denicolo, Pam; Long, Trevor; Bradley-Cole, Kim

ISBN 10: 1473930308 / ISBN 13: 9781473930308

Editore: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2016

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• Titolo: Constructivist Approaches and Research Methods: A Practical Guide to Exploring Personal Meanings
• Editore: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1473930308
• ISBN 13: 9781473930308
• Rilegatura: Brossura
• Condizione: New

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Riassunto

<span style="color: black;">This book provides a comprehensive overview of personal construct psychology (PCP) that will help researchers understand the why's, what's and how's of conducting a rigorous constructivist research project.</span>

<span style="color: black;">From the theoretical underpinnings of constructivist approaches to the practical values of these techniques, these three expert authors explain how to conduct interpretative, constructivist research from inception to completion. Key topics include:</span>

• <span style="color: black;">Understanding research philosophies and paradigms</span>
• <span style="color: black;">Constructing and exploring personal realities</span>
• <span style="color: black;">Establishing effective research procedures</span>
• <span style="color: black;">Evaluating grids, mapping, narrative and other research methods</span>
• <span style="color: black;">Managing the practicalities of fieldwork</span>
• <span style="color: black;">Analysing and presenting data</span>

<span style="color: black;">With activities and procedural examples from a wide range of disciplines woven throughout the text and two special chapters featuring in-depth case studies from a variety of constructivist researchers, this book helps readers grasp the tools, designs, and opportunities of interpretative research.</span>

<span style="color: black;">An essential companion for both researchers and practitioners looking to understand people s values, attitudes, beliefs, perceptions, or motivations!   </span>

Informazioni sull?autore

Professor (Emeritus) Pam Denicolo, a chartered psychologist, has just retired from her fulltime role at the University of Reading where she developed the Graduate School system and the post-registration professional practice and research element of the School of Pharmacy.
Her passion for supporting and developing graduate students is demonstrated through her contributions as Vice Chair to the UK Council for Graduate Education Executive Committee, as chair of the Society for Research into Higher Education  Postgraduate Network and Executive Editor of the Guides for Supervisors Series.  She was a key contributor to Vitae s development of the Researcher Development Framework (RDF) and the QAA s Doctoral Characteristics Advisory Group, and is currently contributing to the revision of the Code of Practice. She is currently advocate for Graduate Studies at the University of Surrey.


Trevor Long has just completed a part-time PhD in Applied Psychology at the University of Reading, United Kingdom. He is an Independent Educator and consultant in organisational strategy, leadership and change. He has worked over many years with business schools, including Henley, Warwick, Duke and Cambridge, on MBA and Executive Education programmes, in the United Kingdom, other European countries and further afield, including South Africa, the United States, Caribbean, Middle East and New Zealand. Consultancy projects have included strategic direction, leadership development, change programmes and coaching activities in many different sectors and types of organisation.
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<span>Kim Bradley-Cole</span><span> is a Chartered Psychologist and an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. She has a PhD in Leadership and Organisational Behaviour from University of Reading, and an MSc in Occupational and Organisational Psychology from University of Surrey.  Kim retrained as a psychologist after a successful career in FMCG marketing and innovations, working on developing some of Britain s best loved brands, including Heinz, Bisto, Mr Kipling and Twinings. She has held marketing and HR roles in large organisations, as well as working agency side in market research and as a freelance work psychologist and coach. </span><span>She actively uses constructivist methods in both academic and practitioner contexts and has taught MSc and PhD students how to effectively develop, apply and analyse different tools in their own research. Her PhD was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and used constructivist techniques to bring greater clarity and depth to an important, but contested, theoretical field by exploring managers implicit beliefs of authentic leadership.</span><span> Kim is currently Director of Undergraduate Studies in Psychology at University of Surrey, where she teaches organisational psychology and qualitative research methods.</span>

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