Research actionable knowledge and social change
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A professional text written for social science researchers and practitioners, Research, Actionable Knowledge and Social Change provides strategies and frameworks for using social science research to engage in critical social and educational problem solving.
A professional text written for social science researchers and practitioners, Research, Actionable Knowledge and Social Change provides strategies and frameworks for using social science research to engage in critical social and educational problem solving. Combining the best practices of critical analysis and traditional research methods, this professional text offers guidance for using the Action Inquiry Model (AIM), a transformative model that explains how to successfully conduct action-oriented research in a multitude of professional service organizations. The aim of the text is to encourage a new generation of research-based partnerships reforms that promote equity and access for underserved populations.
Topics discussed include:
The historical precedents for universities engaged in social change The limitations of current social science theory and methods The critical-empirical approach to social research The issues relating to social justice within the policy decision process The use of social research to integrate an emphasis of social justice into economic and policy decision makingResearch, Actionable Knowledge and Social Change does not propose different foundations for social research, but rather argues that it is necessary to reconsider how to work with theory and research methods to inform change. This text can also be used by students enrolled in graduate and Ed.D/Ph.D Higher Education Leadership programs and graduate programs across professional fields including K-12, public administration, sociology, health, cultural studies, organizational development and organizational theory. It further offers students guidance for research design and dissertation research.
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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Hardcover
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 11 september 2013
Aantal pagina's: 253
Illustraties: Nee
Hoofdauteur: Edward P. St. John
Hoofduitgeverij: Stylus Publishing
Extra groot lettertype: Nee
Product breedte: 152 mm
Product lengte: 229 mm
Studieboek: Nee
Verpakking breedte: 152 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 229 mm
Verpakking lengte: 23 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 544 g
EAN: 9781579227340