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What is Appreciative Inquiry

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Empowering Women Through Microfinance in Developing Countries
A capacity building process that begins by: (a) valuing the organizations or community and the culture in which it is embedded; (b) learning about the organization or community, its relationships and its environment; and (c) discovering the building upon existing strengths.
Published in Chapter:
Communication Dynamics of Women in Microfinance Projects as a Model for Women Empowerment: Microfinance Projects for Poverty Alleviation in the Philippines
Maybel Fernandez Vallado (University of the Philippines, Visayas, Philippines)
Copyright: © 2023 |Pages: 33
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-8979-6.ch002
Abstract
This chapter discusses the communication dynamics of women involved in microfinance projects that contribute to the success or failure of the projects in three cases. Specifically, the study (1) identifies the factors that lead to the success or failure of these projects, (2) identifies the MED (micro-enterprise development) lending methodology used in each case by presenting the key characteristics of the three cases, and (3) presents the communication dynamics of women involved in microfinance projects in the context of culture as a model for women empowerment. Using the paradigm model of the grounded theory approach to social science research, the study shows the relationship between and among different variables, namely: origin, development initiative, situation, intervening variables, intervention strategies, and outcomes. The communication dynamics model for women empowerment presented shows how the factors of success and failure lead to empowerment or no empowerment. There is also no empowerment when conditions are oppressive or too lenient.
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Communication Matrices for Managing Dialogue Change to Teamwork Transformation
Action-oriented models that seek to engage stakeholders in self-determined or other motivation toward navigating change; it features strengths-based approaches in American management.
Published in Chapter: Communication Matrices for Managing Dialogue Change to Teamwork Transformation; From: Optimizing Data and New Methods for Efficient Knowledge Discovery and Information Resources Management: Emerging Research and Opportunities
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Developing Appreciative College Experience with Personal Learning Networks
An inquiry paradigm concerning the co-evolutionary search for the best in people, their organizations, and the relevant world around them. In its broadest focus, it involves systematic discovery of what gives life to a living system when it is most alive, most effective, and most constructively capable in economic, ecological, and human terms.
Published in Chapter: Developing Appreciative College Experience with Personal Learning Networks; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
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Managing Stress in the Workplace
A transformative leadership approach to change that is rooted in positive psychology.
Published in Chapter: Managing Stress in the Workplace; From: Encyclopedia of Strategic Leadership and Management
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An Inclusive IS&T Work Climate
An intervention that focuses on an organization’s positive aspects and uniting individuals under a single positive view.
Published in Chapter: An Inclusive IS&T Work Climate; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Second Edition
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Formative Assessment in Higher Education: Particularities of Appreciative Intelligence of University Teachers in Formative Assessment Process
An approach to research that focuses on what works and is positive in the educational institution and the actors involved in educational activities.
Published in Chapter: Formative Assessment in Higher Education: Particularities of Appreciative Intelligence of University Teachers in Formative Assessment Process; From: Assessment, Testing, and Measurement Strategies in Global Higher Education
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Chapter 14
Indian Education System Through the Lens of a Deemed University
Is a model that was developed in 1987 but was never used as a teaching technique effectively until the recent years.
Published in Chapter: Indian Education System Through the Lens of a Deemed University; From: Improving Higher Education Models Through International Comparative Analysis
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Innovation, Critical Pedagogy, and Appreciative Feedback: A Model for Practitioners
A forward-looking process of committing to analyzing results with respect to continually improving towards a set goal.
Published in Chapter: Innovation, Critical Pedagogy, and Appreciative Feedback: A Model for Practitioners; From: Enhancing Learning Design for Innovative Teaching in Higher Education
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Chapter 10
Developing Student Self-Efficacy Through Academic Coaching
A strength-based approach to create sustainable behavioral change.
Published in Chapter: Developing Student Self-Efficacy Through Academic Coaching; From: Using Self-Efficacy for Improving Retention and Success of Diverse Student Populations
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Facilitating Active Citizenship in Students through the Strengthening of University-Community Partnerships
Is the study of what gives life to human systems when they function at their best. It has as its base the assumption that questions and dialogues about strengths, successes and visions are in themselves transformational and therefore ideally suited as a method for use during times of change.
Published in Chapter: Facilitating Active Citizenship in Students through the Strengthening of University-Community Partnerships; From: Handbook of Research on Effective Communication in Culturally Diverse Classrooms
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The Ethnographic Vignette as Innovative Tool in Intersectional Social Justice Activist Research
Valuing the life giving and embracing the unknown to co-construct the future.
Published in Chapter: The Ethnographic Vignette as Innovative Tool in Intersectional Social Justice Activist Research; From: Social Justice Research Methods for Doctoral Research
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Cognitive Apprenticeship for Teaching Computer Science and Leadership in Virtual Worlds
Seeks to identity the successful outcomes and leverage them to build upon success. Discover what works and strengthen it.
Published in Chapter: Cognitive Apprenticeship for Teaching Computer Science and Leadership in Virtual Worlds; From: Recent Advances in Applying Identity and Society Awareness to Virtual Learning
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What About Me?: Recognizing and Building on Each Child's Strengths
A process of organizational change and development that moves from a traditional deficit driven change approach to a positive strengths-based change approach in which the inherent strengths of an organization are identified and leveraged to promote positive organizational change.
Published in Chapter: What About Me?: Recognizing and Building on Each Child's Strengths; From: Understanding Parent Experiences and Supporting Autistic Children in the K-12 School System
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Management Education for a Sustainable World: Aiming for More Than Business as Usual
A type of investigation that highlights positive aspects or strengths of the subject that is the focus of the research.
Published in Chapter: Management Education for a Sustainable World: Aiming for More Than Business as Usual; From: Teaching and Learning Practices That Promote Sustainable Development and Active Citizenship
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Disrupting Learning of Statistics: Using an Appreciative Inquiry Approach to Create Smart Learning Designs
A management tool that seeks to design change for the future by discovering and sharing past positive experiences in four distinct stages: discover, dream, design, and destiny.
Published in Chapter: Disrupting Learning of Statistics: Using an Appreciative Inquiry Approach to Create Smart Learning Designs; From: Cases on Smart Learning Environments
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Chapter 7
Non-Violent Teaching and Parenting of Young Children: Emulating Optimal Conflict Resolution
Art and practice of asking questions that strengthen a system’s capacity to apprehend, anticipate, and heighten positive potential.
Published in Chapter: Non-Violent Teaching and Parenting of Young Children: Emulating Optimal Conflict Resolution; From: Cultivating a Culture of Nonviolence in Early Childhood Development Centers and Schools
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Building Culturally-Competent School Practices in Rural and Small Cities: Recommendations for Practice
Gathering information through the lens of what strengths can be offered or contributed rather than focusing on weaknesses.
Published in Chapter: Building Culturally-Competent School Practices in Rural and Small Cities: Recommendations for Practice; From: Emerging Strategies for Public Education Reform
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Supporting the Development of Lifelong Learning Skills
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Applying Appreciative Inquiry, Performance Improvement, and Positive Psychology: Assessment of Non-Profit Sustainability
An approach that reviews the positive aspects of a situation before considering a problem. Spurred by Cooperrider and Srivasta’s 1987 article (Case Western Reserve University’s Department of Organizational Behavior), this method encourages inquiry methods that generate ideas rather than focusing on problem-solving.
Published in Chapter: Applying Appreciative Inquiry, Performance Improvement, and Positive Psychology: Assessment of Non-Profit Sustainability; From: Cases on Performance Improvement Innovation
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