Kontiainen Seppo | Akateeminen Kirjakauppa

The book introduces Dynamic Concept Analysis (DCA) as a way of analysing phenomena using conceptual models. An aim been to develop research methodology to suit to understanding how ´the whole is more than the sum of its part` in the fields of education and social sciences.
DCA can be regarded as a general approach to recearch that might have applications also in other fields. DCA allows systematic use of information in building conceptual models. It makes it possible to build a bridge between the nomothetic and idiographic approaches, i.e. to use the same conceptual framework for general descriptions and for describing individual cases. It has been used as an interpreter between theoretical concepts and empirical observations. The book includes theoretical discussions on DCA, and seven applications. DCAprogram and more information is available on
wep: http://www.edu.helsinki.fi/DCA/.