Abstract

Consultee-Centered Consultation (CCC) is built upon the use of a constructivist, interactive approach to support conceptual change in consultees. Constructivism is foundational in ethnographic traditions as well and it focuses on understanding socially constructed meaning-making in cultural groups. Given the importance of constructivism in both traditions there is a natural alignment in the use of ethnography to study CCC. This paper illustrates unique contributions ethnography can make to explain and describe the application of CCC, from the social process of problem conceptualization to broadening our understanding of how underserved parents can be engaged as successful consultees. Additionally, it examines how ethnography can advance our theoretical knowledge of the CCC process. The text of four published studies that used ethnography to study CCC were scrutinized. Every article articulated how the ethnographic method was used to pose a research question, present a basis for the research strategy, and examine the studies’ findings.

摘要

以被咨询者为中心的咨询 (CCC) 是建立在使用建构主义的、互动的方法来支持被咨询者的概念变化的基础上的。建构主义也是民族志传统的基础，它侧重于理解文化群体中社会建构的意义建构。鉴于建构主义在这两种传统中的重要性，在使用民族志研究 CCC 方面存在一种自然的一致性。本文说明了民族志在解释和描述 CCC 应用方面的独特贡献，从问题概念化的社会过程到扩大我们对服务不足的父母如何作为成功的咨询者参与的理解。此外，它还考察了民族志如何提高我们对 CCC 过程的理论知识。审查了四项使用民族志研究 CCC 的已发表研究的文本。每篇文章都阐述了如何使用民族志方法提出研究问题，提出研究策略的基础，并检查研究结果。