Paradigma ontleding van en paradigma beskrywing vir deelnemende werkswyses

• Main Author: Schenck, Catherina Johanna
• Other Authors: O'Neil, Margaret Anne
• Format: Others
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Community development; Participation; Participatory practices; Participatory development; Participatory communication; Participatory learning; Participatory action research; Participatory management; Paradigm; Paradigm analysis; Evolving paradigm; Theory; Modernism; Post-modernism; Person-centred approach; Second cybernetics; Social constructionism; Values; Assumptions; Relationships; Dialogue; Collective constructions; Hermeneutics; Implicit; Explicit; 302; Social psychology; Social systems; Evaluation research (Social action programs); Participant observation; Cooperative societies; Human services > Administration; Social work administration; Mass media in community development; Social participation; Paradigms (Social sciences); Social service; Social interaction; Behavioral assessment; Social sciences > Philosophy; Postmodernism > Social aspects; Constructivism (Philosophy); Social service > Research > Methodology
• Online Access: Schenck, Catherina Johanna (1998) Paradigma ontleding van en paradigma beskrywing vir deelnemende werkswyses, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/17673>; http://hdl.handle.net/10500/17673

Community development and in particular participatory development is about people. This means that the person who studies or practices participatory development or any other of the participatory pratices should have a particular way of thinking about people. The main aim motivating this study was to investigate the paradigm/s about people on which participatory practices are based. This included a literature research on five participatory practices namely participatory development; participatory communication; participatory learning; participatory research; and participatory management. A guideline for paradigm analysis was developed by using Schriver's (1995) and Capra's (1996) descriptions of a paradigm as well as ideas of hermeneutics. From the paradigm analysis on the participatory practices two themes emerged: A shift from modernism to post modernism in the thinking processes and participatory practices. From the participatory practices the same concepts repeatedly emerged indicating a similar paradigm for all the participatory practices. Three post modern theories were therefore applied to enhance the description of the different concepts. The end result of this study is the development of an evolving paradigm for participatory practices in order to give enhanced meaning to concepts in the participatory vocabulary. Finally a critical reflection was done on the post modern research process. === Text in Afrikaans === Social Work === D.Phil. (Social Work)