Building in research and evaluation: human inquiry for living systems

ch. 1. Some introductory foundations for building on -- ch. 2. Living systems -- ch. 3. Cycles of research, evaluation and inquiry for life -- ch. 4. More (truly) living human services -- ch. 5. Examples of building in inquiry for living human service systems -- ch. 6. Concluding words.

Yoland Wadsworth's ground-breaking proposition is that the act of inquiry is the way by which every living organism and all collective human life goes about continuously learning, improving and changing. Building in Research and Evaluation explores this new approach, a basic theory of human understanding and action. By deepening our understanding about the cyclical processes of acting, observing, questioning, feeling, reflecting, thinking, planning and acting again, Wadsworth identifies how new life might be brought to what we do, both professionally, and personally. Far from being dry academi