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Making Meaning

A Constructivist Approach to Counseling and Group Work in Education

Richard L. Hayes

This integrative book brings forty years of research and scholarship in counseling, psychology, and education together in a singular analysis. In Making Meaning, Hayes illustrates how the construction of meaning can have a profound effect on how we come to know ourselves and others. Hayes depicts meaning-making as an ongoing, dialectical, and recursive process of change and reinvention. This process plays a central role in individual development and loss and helps promote multiculturalism, collaboration, and group and team development. This book is recommended for mental health professionals and educators looking to promote democratic learning communities.
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Lexington Books
Pages: 290 • Trim: 6½ x 9
978-1-7936-1076-8 • Hardback • June 2020 • $129.00 • (£99.00)
978-1-7936-1078-2 • Paperback • December 2021 • $44.99 • (£35.00)
978-1-7936-1077-5 • eBook • June 2020 • $42.50 • (£35.00)
Subjects: Psychology / Developmental / General, Education / Counseling / General, Psychology / Education & Training, Education / Collaborative & Team Teaching
Richard L. Hayes is professor emeritus of the University of Georgia and dean emeritus of the University of South Alabama.
Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1: Postmodernism

Chapter 2: Meaning-Making

Chapter 3: Loss

Chapter 4: GroupworkChapter 5: Empowerment

Chapter 6: Collaboration

Chapter 7: Teamwork

Chapter 8: Democracy

Chapter 9: Difference Chapter 10: Research BibliographyIndexAbout the Author

Making Meaning: A Constructivist Approach to Counseling and Group Work in Education is a tour de force; it’s provocative, thoughtful, closely researched, well-written, and greatly applicable to all those involved in counseling and leadership work. Richard L. Hayes helps us understand in creative ways what needs to be done to improve the health and value of individuals, groups, and society. A wonderful book!
— Carl Glickman, University of Georgia; co-author of The Essential Renewal of America's Schools: A Leadership Guide for Democratizing Schools from the Inside Out


Drawing from the riches of his own multifaceted inquiries, Hayes takes us on a thought-provoking journey into the pivotal significance of meaning-making in postmodern life. With clarity, wisdom, and deep concern for the emerging challenges in counseling and education, he illuminates the concrete implications for moving forward in a world of multiple realities.
— Kenneth J. Gergen, Swarthmore College; author of Relational Being: Beyond Self and Community


Making Meaning

A Constructivist Approach to Counseling and Group Work in Education

Cover Image
Hardback
Paperback
eBook
Summary
Summary
  • This integrative book brings forty years of research and scholarship in counseling, psychology, and education together in a singular analysis. In Making Meaning, Hayes illustrates how the construction of meaning can have a profound effect on how we come to know ourselves and others. Hayes depicts meaning-making as an ongoing, dialectical, and recursive process of change and reinvention. This process plays a central role in individual development and loss and helps promote multiculturalism, collaboration, and group and team development. This book is recommended for mental health professionals and educators looking to promote democratic learning communities.
Details
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  • Lexington Books
    Pages: 290 • Trim: 6½ x 9
    978-1-7936-1076-8 • Hardback • June 2020 • $129.00 • (£99.00)
    978-1-7936-1078-2 • Paperback • December 2021 • $44.99 • (£35.00)
    978-1-7936-1077-5 • eBook • June 2020 • $42.50 • (£35.00)
    Subjects: Psychology / Developmental / General, Education / Counseling / General, Psychology / Education & Training, Education / Collaborative & Team Teaching
Author
Author
  • Richard L. Hayes is professor emeritus of the University of Georgia and dean emeritus of the University of South Alabama.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments

    Introduction

    Chapter 1: Postmodernism

    Chapter 2: Meaning-Making

    Chapter 3: Loss

    Chapter 4: GroupworkChapter 5: Empowerment

    Chapter 6: Collaboration

    Chapter 7: Teamwork

    Chapter 8: Democracy

    Chapter 9: Difference Chapter 10: Research BibliographyIndexAbout the Author

Reviews
Reviews
  • Making Meaning: A Constructivist Approach to Counseling and Group Work in Education is a tour de force; it’s provocative, thoughtful, closely researched, well-written, and greatly applicable to all those involved in counseling and leadership work. Richard L. Hayes helps us understand in creative ways what needs to be done to improve the health and value of individuals, groups, and society. A wonderful book!
    — Carl Glickman, University of Georgia; co-author of The Essential Renewal of America's Schools: A Leadership Guide for Democratizing Schools from the Inside Out


    Drawing from the riches of his own multifaceted inquiries, Hayes takes us on a thought-provoking journey into the pivotal significance of meaning-making in postmodern life. With clarity, wisdom, and deep concern for the emerging challenges in counseling and education, he illuminates the concrete implications for moving forward in a world of multiple realities.
    — Kenneth J. Gergen, Swarthmore College; author of Relational Being: Beyond Self and Community


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