Constructivist approaches and research methods : a practical guide to exploring personal meanings /: a practical guide to exploring personal meanings. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Pam Denicolo, Trevor Long, Kim Bradley-Cole.
• Authors: Denicolo, Pam; Long, Trevor, 1956-; Bradley-Cole, Kim
• Contents: Part I: Making decisions based on philosophy, theory and project purpose; Chapter 1: Introduction and orientation to constructivist research; Chapter 2: Understanding the nature of constructivist approaches; Chapter 3: Linking philosophy and theory to research purpose; Chapter 4: Constructing personal realities; Part II: Practicalities of Engaging in Constructivist Research; Chapter 5: Exploring personal realities; Chapter 6: Setting the climate for effective research encounters; Chapter 7: An evaluation of a range of potential research techniques; Chapter 8: An evaluation of a range of potential research designs; Chapter 9: Realities and practicalities in managing fieldwork; Chapter 10: Data analysis, meaning interpretation and management/presentation issues; Part III: How others have used PCP – sample research cases; Chapter 11: Cases using different designs; Chapter 12: Constructive alternatives, psychic mirrors and narrative turns: reflections on a lifetime as a personal construct researcher
• Publisher Details: London : SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (248 pages)
• Subjects: 150.19/85; Personal construct theory -- Research -- Methodology; Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology; Forschungsmethode; Konstruktivismus; Persönlichkeitskonstrukt; Sozialwissenschaften
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781473988132; 1473988136
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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