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Introduction to action research : social research for social change /
How do social researchers know how to select the action research (AR) approach that is most appropriate for their study? Aimed at providing newcomers to AR with the different approaches they seek, Introduction to Action Research, 2/e introduces the history, philosophy, social change agenda, methodol...
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| Format: | Printed Book |
| Language: | English |
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Thousand Oaks, Calif. :
Sage Publications,
c2007.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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| Online Access: | http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0659/2006014042-t.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0659/2006014042-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0834/2006014042-b.html |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Action research, diversity, and democracy
- A history of action research
- Action research cases from practice : the stories of Stongfjorden, Mondragón, and programs for employment and workplace systems at Cornell University
- An epistemological foundation for action research
- Scientific method and action research
- Social science research techniques, work forms, and research strategies in action research
- Knowledge generation in action research : the dialectics of local knowledge and research-based knowledge
- The friendly outsider : from AR as a research strategy to the skills needed to become an action researcher
- Pragmatic action research
- Power and social reform
- Educational action research
- Participatory evaluation
- Participatory rural appraisal, rapid rural appraisal, and participatory learning and analysis
- Varieties of human inquiry, collaborative, action, self-reflective, and cooperative
- Action science and organizational learning
- Educating action researchers
- Action research, participation, and democratization.