TSD 7057 - Integral Methodology:Integral Methodological Pluralism

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California Institute of Integral Studies

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Description:

This course begins with a survey of the wide range of research methodologies, or approaches to knowledge, suggested by Wilber's AQAL model. In particular, it will examine methodologies from all four quadrants and in each case from both inner and outer perspectives. For example, the upper left (UL) quadrant concerns the inner life and can be seen from its own inner perspective (heuristic inquiry, phenomenology), or it can be seen objectively from an outer perspective ("structural" approaches such as Piaget's developmental psychology, Loevinger's ego developmenetc.). Likewise, the lower left (LL) quadrant can be studied in its own interior (Socratic dialog, Buber's "I and thou," hermeneutics) or objectivelfrom outside (Spiral Dynamics' "value memes," linguistics, European structuralism). The course surveys these methodologies, emphasizinthose that deal with inner experience and social realities. Then students will concentration on one or two methods of particular interest, developing a deeper knowledge of them and working in small groups to actually carry out and report a study using their method of choice.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.ciis.edu

Phone Number:

(415) 575-6100

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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