REFLEXIVITY by Tim May, Beth Perry ( 9781446295175 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

REFLEXIVITY
THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE

By:

Tim May, Beth Perry

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1446295176

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Publisher:

SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD

Pub. date:

21 June, 2017

Pages:

248

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With coverage of both original ideas and the authors' own practical experiences, this book helps readers to unlock the importance of reflexivity and understand its benefits

Synopsis:

Reflexivity - the critical examination of how we see the world - is integral to good research practice. From this state-of-the-art, accessible tour of its history and contemporary relevance, readers will learn of its importance to social research and to society generally. The text introduces a host of influential thinkers and their key ideas on reflexivity, and incorporates examples from a range of disciplines and research settings. Drawing on the authors' extensive experience of real research settings, this book:Pinpoints the importance of reflexivity in social researchDemonstrates its relevance to everyday lifeFirmly locates the concept in the history of ideasExplores key questions about the bases of knowledge and understandingPresents key thinkers, concepts and issues in easy-to-understand learning boxesThe result is a book that provides students and researchers in the social sciences with the knowledge and understanding necessary not only to examine the role of reflexivity in contemporary life, but to apply it in their own research practice.

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