Appreciative Inquiry (AI) is about making positive changes in the world
and this is especially useful when analyzing what higher education
means. More extensive use of the appreciative inquiry approach can have
an exponential impact on the next generation of positive change makers
in the world.
In APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY IN HIGHER EDUCATION (Jossey-Bass, 2012) co-authors
Jeanie Cockell and Joan McArthur-Blair build on the foundations of AI
and show how it can be used to help leaders, faculty and organizational
developers achieve new and evolving goals. They explain the benefits and
value of using Appreciative Inquiry. It focuses on getting more of what
is positive, to respond effectively to the tumultous changes in higher
education.
This book is developed in two parts. The first section provides unique
stories and practical guidance on how AI can be applied in higher
education and provides practitioners with concepts, frameworks and
agendas. The second part is a deeper look at certain aspects of
Appreciative Inquiry that have a specific link into higher education. It
provides practitioners with theoretical concepts to ground their work.
The author of Appreciative Leadership and The
Power of Appreciative Inquiry, Ph.D., Diana Whitneysaid,"Cockell
and McArthur-Blair have crafted a meaningful story for educational
leaders by weaving their personal experiences as Appreciative Inquiry
facilitators together with a wide range of strength-based practices and
positive change theory. The result is a magical book for applying
Appreciative Inquiry in higher education."
Designed as both a thought-provoking and practical resource, APPRECIATIVE
INQUIRY IN HIGHER EDUCATIONreveals why AI is such a vital process
and shows what it takes to apply AI to such tasks as planning, summits,
developing collaborative teams, teaching and learning. The book shows
how AI links to the positive psychology work that has influenced
educational approaches in the first decade of the 21st century.
Samantha Rubenstein
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