Elements of Diversity in Invitational Practice and Research

Invitational theory uses many elementsto define, describe, and delineateits beliefs and practices. For example,the Five Ps of people, places, policies,programs, and processes are consistentlycited in the literature and research as theframework for assessing inviting practices(Purkey & Novak, 1996; Purkey &Schmidt, 1996; Purkey & Siegel, 2003;Smith, 2005). Another example is thepresentation of four areas of inviting:Inviting Oneself Personally, InvitingOneself Professionally, Inviting OthersPersonally, and Inviting Others Professionally(Purkey & Novak, 1996; Purkey& Schmidt, 1996; Purkey & Siegel,2003). Such elements and componentshelp to explain invitational theory andpractices in an understandable languagewith useable concepts. All these conceptscoexist in the approach known asInvitational Education