Collaboration and social inquiry: multiple meanings of a construct and its role in creating useful and valid knowledge.

摘要: The concept of collaboration in community research and intervention, although not new, has grown tremendously importance the past 20 years. Yet, it is both a contested terms its intent still evolving idea meaning implications. purpose this monograph to begin “unpack” construct many meanings, rationales, goals, models, dynamics, accomplishments. Although models are often well articulated there “partial paradigm acquisition” (E. J. Trickett, 1984) understanding their behavioral ethical There more theology than conclusion. promise collaboration, considerable, need multiple varied empirical examples how contributes process goals however defined. closes with brief overview what we have learned from reviewing literature, an articulation kinds questions that be addressed, series recommendations for increase our intervention.