Narrative-based practice / by Peter Brophy.
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TextPublisher: Aldershot : Ashgate, c2009Description: xii, 185 pContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780754680727 (ebook)Subject(s): Discourse analysis, Narrative -- Social aspects | Narration (Rhetoric) -- Social aspects | Storytelling | Libraries and Museums | Library & information sciences / Museology | Research methods: general | Personal & public health | Library, archive & information managementGenre/Form: Online access: Click here to access online Also available in printed form ISBN 9780754671596Summary: In this important new book Peter Brophy introduces and explains the concept of story-telling or narrative-based practice in teaching, research, professional practice and organisations. The telling of stories lies at the heart of human communication. In this important new book Peter Brophy introduces and explains the concept of story-telling or narrative-based practice in teaching, research, professional practice and organizations. He illustrates the deficiencies in evidence-based practice models, which focus on quantitative rather than qualitative evidence, and highlights the importance of narrative by drawing on insights from fields as disparate as pedagogy, anthropology, knowledge management and management practice. This book is essential reading for professionals, scholars and students in the many disciplines currently using evidence-based practice, such as information management, health, social policy, librarianship and general management.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
In this important new book Peter Brophy introduces and explains the concept of story-telling or narrative-based practice in teaching, research, professional practice and organisations. The telling of stories lies at the heart of human communication. In this important new book Peter Brophy introduces and explains the concept of story-telling or narrative-based practice in teaching, research, professional practice and organizations. He illustrates the deficiencies in evidence-based practice models, which focus on quantitative rather than qualitative evidence, and highlights the importance of narrative by drawing on insights from fields as disparate as pedagogy, anthropology, knowledge management and management practice. This book is essential reading for professionals, scholars and students in the many disciplines currently using evidence-based practice, such as information management, health, social policy, librarianship and general management.
Also available in printed form ISBN 9780754671596
Electronic reproduction. Askews and Holts. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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