Talk:Fishbowl (conversation)
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Putting the fishbowl conversation material in the right context.
[edit]Kurt Lewin (9 September 1890 – 12 February 1947) was an MIT psychologist, who conducted pioneering work in group dynamics, social and organizational psychology, among others. While at MIT, he developed the theory and outlined methodologies for conducting Action Research. Action research takes place in the real world, not the lab, the goal is social change. Per Lewin, it is "a comparative research on the conditions and effects of various forms of social action and research leading to social action" that uses "a spiral of steps, each of which is composed of a circle of planning, action, and fact-finding about the result of the action." The fishbowl technique is one of the many methods he developed.
Unfortunately, the current article contains none of this essential information. It is also incorrectly tagged in the following cases: "Debating" and "Party games." It is a research method designed to facilitate positive change and sits squarely in the world of scholarship, as well as organizational change.
Here are some citations:
For Action Research: Kurt Lewin's Change by Edgar Schein
For the origins of the fishbowl technique in action research: Goldberg, Martin D. "The Palgrave Handbook of Organizational Change Thinkers." Marvin Weisbord: A Life of Action Research. Palgrave Macmillan, 20 Nov. 2016, pp. 1-27, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-49820-1_63-1. Auroraz7 (talk) 18:35, 8 November 2024 (UTC)