Orientation to inquiry in a reflective professional psychology
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Orientation to inquiry in a reflective professional psychology
（SUNY series, alternatives in psychology / Michael A. Wallach, editor）
State University of New York Press, c1994
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-300) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book approaches professional inquiry in psychology from a perspective that integrates research and practice and prepares students for the diversity of methods employed in the field. It examines a broad range of models and methods of inquiry in both research and practice and provides a framework for linking issues of knowledge to the special context of professional psychology.
Guided by a vision of psychology as a self-critical discipline and a reflective profession, Hoshmand provides a pluralistic perspective on inquiry, including alternative paradigms, for the professional education of clinical, counseling, consulting, and other practicing psychologists as reflective scientist-practitioners. She gives special attention to the cognitive development and knowledge processes of the professional and offers suggestions for professional training and mechanisms of teaching and learning.
Table of Contents
Preface
1. A Reflective Professional Psychology
Personal Reflections on the Profession
Science, Practice, and Professional Psychology
Issues of Method Choice
Personal Knowing and Professional Worldviews
Questions for Reflective Study
Suggested Additional Learning
2. Foundations and Issues of Psychological Inquiry
Setting the Stage for an Overview
Models of Knowledge in Historical Perspective
A Summary of Related Arguments and Issues
Professional Inquiry in the Postmodern Age
Suggested Additional Learning
3. Professional Inquiry in Context
Cultural and Historical Embeddedness of Psychological Science and Practice
The Sociopolitical Context of Professional Inquiry
Our Inquiry Contract with Human Subjects
Summarizing the Implications for Professional Inquiry
Suggested Additional Learning
4. Ideas, Conceptual Systems, and Core Beliefs
From Concepts to Systems of Ideas
The Uses of Conceptual Tools in Professional Inquiry
Core Commitments and Root Metaphors in Professional Psychology
Metalevel Frameworks
Suggested Additional Learning
5. Paradigms of Research
Understanding Paradigms
Unraveling Paradigm Debates
Conventional Paradigms and Extensions of Experimental Methodology
Narrative and Hermeneutical Approaches
Critical Theory as a Paradigmatic View
Transactional and Systemic Perspectives on Research
Other Guiding Metaphors for Research in Professional Psychology
Paradigm Choice, Methodological Pluralism, and the Evaluation of Methodologies
Suggested Additional Learning
6. Methods of Inquiry
Observation
Interviewing
Testing and Assessment
The Centrality of Meaning and Value
Suggested Additional Learning
7. The Applied Epistemology of the Scientist-Practitioner
The Nature of Conceptual Development
Perceptual Inference and Judgment in Social Context
Research on Professional Expertise
Ways of Knowing and the Self
Developing Reflective Qualities of Mind and Ways of Being
Suggested Additional Learning
8. The Case Study as Training Ground
The Case Study as an Epistemic Device
A Reflective Orientation to Case Analysis
Problem Space and Alternative Conceptual Tools
Initial Formulations and Hypotheses
Posing Questions for Inquiry
Factors in the Choice of Procedures
Data Guidance and Systematic Inference
Other Inquiry Habits Required in Case Study
Types and Examples of Case Study
Suggested Additional Learning
9. Development of the Reflective Scientist-Practitioner
Setting Goals for Professional Development
Cultivating Reflective Habits
Framing Questions of Practice for Theory and Research
Action Research as a Model of Professional Inquiry
The Importance of Mentoring
Creating Collaborative Learning Communities
Suggested Additional Learning
References
Index
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