The Constructivist Credo

The Constructivist Credo Is A Set Of Foundational Principles For Those Wishing To Conduct Social Science Research Within The Constructivist Paradigm. They Were Distilled By Yvonna Lincoln And Egon Guba From Their Many Writings On This Topic And Are Provided In The Form Of 150 Propositional Statements. After Guba's Death In 2008, The Credo Was Completed By Lincoln And Is Presented Here. In Addition To The Key Principles Of Constructivist Thought, The Volume Also Contains An Introduction To Constructivism, An Intellectual Biography And Complete Bibliography Of Guba's Work, And A Case Study Using Constructivism, Showing How The Paradigm Can Be Applied To A Research Study.--publisher's Website. Preface / Yvonna S. Lincoln. -- Part I: Egon Guba And The Constructivist Credo. What Is Constructivism? / Yvonna S. Lincoln ; Egon Guba And Constructivist Thought: A Biography / Thomas Schwandt ; The Works Of Egon G. Guba. -- Part Ii: The Constructivist Credo / Egon G. Guba And Yvonna S. Lincoln. My Aim And Hope ; The Presumptions ; The Conjectures. -- Part Iii: Using The Constructivist Credo. Case Study. Yvonna S. Lincoln, Egon G. Guba. Includes Bibliographical References. The Constructivist Credo is a set of foundational principles for those wishing to conduct social science research within the constructivist paradigm. They were distilled by Yvonna Lincoln and Egon Guba from their many writings on this topic and are provided in the form of 150 propositional statements or "conjectures." After Guba's death in 2008, the Credo was completed by Lincoln and is presented here. In addition to the key principles of constructivist thought, the volume also contains an intellectual biography of Egon Guba, and an extended selection from a recent study using constructivist theory, coded by Lincoln to show how principles of the constructivist paradigm can be applied to a research project. Book jacket "The Constructivist Credo is a set of foundational principles for those wishing to conduct social science research within the constructivist paradigm. They were distilled by Yvonna Lincoln and Egon Guba from their many writings on this topic and are provided in the form of 150 propositional statements. After Guba's death in 2008, the Credo was completed by Lincoln and is presented here. In addition to the key principles of constructivist thought, the volume also contains an introduction to constructivism, an intellectual biography and complete bibliography of Guba's work, and a case study using constructivism, showing how the paradigm can be applied to a research study." Site de l'éditeur