Handbuch Themenzentrierte Interaktion (TZI)

Theme-centered interaction (TZI), developed by Ruth C. Cohn, has evolved over the past sixty years from an educational-therapeutic model for personal development and group leadership into a comprehensive action-oriented theory and practice. With TZI, learning and working processes of individuals, groups, teams, and organizations can be planned, managed, and reflected upon. TZI can also shape work-life balance processes and promote empowerment. Today, TZI is successfully applied in adult education, schools, business, consulting, theology and church, leadership development, and other fields. In this completely revised new edition, key terms of TZI and the backgrounds of its emergence and developments are described through interdisciplinary discourse. The approximately 50 contributions, more than half of which are entirely new, present the current state of the theory in a clear, systematic, and scientifically reflected manner. This handbook serves as a theory book, a reference work, and a teaching and learning resource for those who want to learn about TZI, are in TZI training, teach TZI, apply it, or work with it scientifically. A uniform structure allows for quick and comparative reading. New supplementary materials, as well as a list of people and keywords, have been added to facilitate in-depth work with the handbook.