Inter-group encounters of a different kind

The paper raises the question of what is an appropriate research model for studying higher education. It claims that while the traditional research model may be appropriate for situations where the researcher is outside the object of his or her research, the study of higher education by individuals within higher education is essentially reflexive self-study and would benefit from another model which we call the experiential model. We describe one form of this model, the inter-group exercise, derived from the Group-Relations tradition and our successive attempts to adapt and use it for the study of higher education. We show how it can metamorphose into a different model again—the model we call ‘serious play ̊s. We conclude with a discussion on the nature of the ‘findings ̊s produced by this method and this entails describing a model of the whole research process, including the phases of dissemination and implementation. Should we not, in view of our mortality, dance and sing, play our harps and flutes, as well as hammer our shields and plant our vegetables? It may be said that there is a place for dancing and singing; only the conferences are not it. But in a metaphorical sense, they are exactly the place, and so are our universities and schools. (Margaret Rioch, writing about group relations training conferences, 1979)

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