An Invitation to Social Construction
Language: English
Published by SAGE Publications Ltd, 2015
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- Title
- An Invitation to Social Construction
- Author
- Gergen, Kenneth J.
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Publication year
- 2015
- Condition
- very_good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1446296482
- ISBN 13
- 9781446296486
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
This new edition of Kenneth J. Gergen’s celebrated text An Invitation to Social Construction is now even more accessible for students, offering a clear and thorough introduction to one of the most significant movements in contemporary social science.
The Third Edition includes:
- updates reflecting the many new developments in theory, research, and practice
- a more student-friendly, personal writing style
- three new chapters on education, and therapy and health care, and organizations
- key insights into how social construction can help support you in your research projects, from start to finish.
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About the Author
Kenneth J. Gergen is a Senior Research Professor in Psychology at Swarthmore College, and the President of the Taos Institute. He is internationally known for his contributions to social constructionist theory, technology and cultural change, the self, aging, education, and relational theory and practices. His major writings include, Realities and Relationships: Soundings in Social Construction, The Saturated Self: Dilemmas of Identity in Contemporary Life, and Relational Being: Beyond Self and Community. His most recent work Beyond the Tyranny of Testing: Relational Evaluation in Education (with Scherto Gill) offers a relational constructionist alternative to the destructive practices of testing and grading in education. Gergen lectures throughout the world, and has received numerous awards for his work, including honorary degrees in both the U.S. and Europe.
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