Resources of Interest

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Activities

Let's Write Renga!

Shaulaevans.com

Articles

AI Practitioner - Accelerating Positive Education Around the World

International Journal of Appreciative Inquiry, November 2018

AI Practitioner - Appreciative Inquiry & Schools

International Journal of Appreciative Inquiry, February 2003 - Still relevant today!

From Mind to Relationships

Gergen, K. (2001). Education Canada, v.41, 8-12

Practicing Relational Thinking in Dealing with Bullying in Schools

Haslebo, G. & Lund, G.E. (2015). In: Dragonas, Gergen, McNamee, Tseliou (Edt). Educations as Social Construction. Chagrin Falls: Taos Publications Worldshare Books. Pp.168-190

Lifescaping Project: Action Research and Appreciative Inquiry in San Francisco Bay Area Schools

Lewis, R. E., Dailey, A., Jennings, G., & Winkelman, P. (Eds.). (2017). Lifescaping Project: Action Research and Appreciative Inquiry in San Francisco Bay Area Schools. Chagrin Falls, OH: WorldShare Taos Institute Publication (PDF Version 2017). http://www.taosinstitute.net/lifescaping-project

Providing Positive Student Feedback in an Online Environment

Kennette, L., Chapman, M. (2021). Academia Letters, Article 203

Relational Education: Applying Gergen's Work to Educational Research and Practice

Wortham, S., & Jackson, K. (2012). Relational Education: Applying Gergen’s Work to Educational Research

and Practice. Psychological Studies, 57 (2), 164-171. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12646-011-0120-z

Relational Practices and Pedagogies in an Age of Climate Change: Engaging Students in Understanding Indigenous Ways of Knowing

Brownlee, Y. M. (2020). Enculturation: A Journal of Rhetoric, Writing and Culture, November 10, 2020

Responding to Interactive Troubles – Implications for School Culture

Lund, G. E. and Winslade, J. M. (2018). Wisdom in Education, 8 (1.1)

Supporting Teachers in Relational Pedagogy and Social Emotional Education: A Qualitative Exploration

Reeves, J., & Le Mare, L. (2017). The International Journal of Emotional Education, 9 (1), 85-98.

Books

Beyond the Tyranny of Testing - Relational Evaluation in Education

Gergen, K., Gill, S. (2020). Oxford: Oxford University Press

Creating school harmony
Lund, G. E. (2020), in S. McNamee, M. M. Gergen, C. Camargo Borges, & E. Rasera (Eds.), The SAGE Handbook of Social Constructionist Practice. London: Sage Publications.

Education action research: With and for the next generation

Bradbury, H., Lewis, R. E., & Embury, D. C. (2019). In C. A. Mertler (Ed.), The Wiley handbook of action research in education (pp. 7-28). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Education as Social Construction: Contributions to Theory, Research and Practice

Editors: Thalia Dragonas, Kenneth J. Gergen, Sheila McNamee, and Eleftheria Tseliou (2015). Chagrin Falls: Taos Institute Publications WorldShare book (free download)

Exceeding Expectations: An Anthology of Appreciative Inquiry Stories in Education from Around the World

Story Curators: Dawn Dole, Lindsey Godwin, and Matthew Moehle (2014). Chagrin Falls: Taos Institute Publications WorldShare book (free download)

EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW! The Relational Imperative: Resources for a World on Edge - Chapter 3: Education as Relational Process

Gergen, K. (2021). Chagrin Falls: Taos Institute Publications.

Lifescaping: Cultivating flourishing school cultures

Lewis, R. E. (2020). In S. McNamee, M. M. Gergen, C. Camargo-Borges, & E. F. Rasera. The SAGE handbook of social constructionist practice (pp. 321-331). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Lifescaping practices in school communities: Implementing action research and appreciative inquiry.
Lewis, R. E., & Winkelman, P. (2017). New York, NY: Routledge.

Relational Leadership in Education: A Phenomenon of Inquiry and Practice

Giles, D. L. (2018). Milton: Routledge.

Stan and The Four Fantastic Powers. The First Ever Appreciative Inquiry Book for Kids

Shira Levy, Marge Schiller, Sarah Schiller, Max Schiller. Illustrator: Stefanie Rudolph. Taos Publications, 2018

Time to Teach: Time to Reach: Expert Teachers Give Voice to the Power of Relational Teaching

Damon, N. (2018). Cambridge: Relational Schools.

Podcasts

Approaching Educational Evaluation from a Relational Perspective

Scherto Gill, Ph.D. on Positivity Strategist podcast hosted by Robyn Stratton-Berkessel

Videos

7 rules for improvising at work

Natalie Nixon (2017)