A non-ideal development practitioner?
Blog post by Joanne Coysh and is shared generously by The Ideal Practitioner. It is interesting to consider a non-ideal development practitioner. Someone who sees their knowledge and skills as the most important aspect, who is interested in developing processes and programmes through one-way consultations rather than collaboration and always see projects involving tables, tools, and frameworks –rather […]
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Participatory design in education materials in a health care context
Blog post by Svante Lifvergren on behalf of Frida Smith, Catarina Wallengren, and Joakim Öhlén A growing set of evidence shows that person-centred care not only empowers patients – it also increases patients’ self-management abilities and improves medical outcomes. At the core of person-centred care in general and a person-centred communication in particular stands the ability […]
Read More...Beyond “competence” for developmement practitioners
Blog post by Joanne Coysh and is shared generously by The Ideal Practitioner. Many thanks for this. I really like this invitation to collectively explore the questions surrounding ideas of the social change and development practitioner, which in themselves challenge us to think more deeply about our purpose and approaches to working. They require quite a lot of […]
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Methodological Implications of Marxian Praxis in Action Research
Karl Marx famously wrote, “The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point is to change it.” For me, this idea serves as a crucial starting point for action research and inspired my article, “Methodological Implications of Marxian Praxis in Action Research,” which will be published in Action Research. The above quotation […]
Read More...Yes and… understand your stage
Blog post by David Week Last week Alfredo Ortiz asked the question, “Should we be encouraging and training students to challenge dominant practice? ” What drove you and your firm over time to engage in this risky yet rewarding shift that you are attempting.” My view, yes. I did my first degrees at Berkeley, which […]
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