The Synergy Between Desire-Based Research and Appreciative Education

Abstract

The dangers of approaching research, organizations, and people from a deficit-based perspective are explored before examining two frameworks, Eve Tuck’s (2009) desire-based research and Appreciative Education (Bloom et al., 2013) that employ an anti-deficit approach. The purpose of this article is to draw parallels between Appreciative Education and desire-based research in hopes that others might be further inspired to conduct additional research on these two topics.