The Action Research Planner: Doing Critical Participatory Action Research

Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Chapter 1
	Introducing Critical Participatory Action Research
		Why We Wrote this Book
		The Changing Field of Action Research
			The Things Only Participatory Research Can Do
		An Example: Recycling at Braxton High School, Canada
		Action Research History: Different Kinds, Foci and Purposes of Action Research
			Different Kinds of Action Research
			Changing foci of Action Research in Education
			Different Purposes of Action Research
		Critical Participatory Action Research as a Disciplined Way of Making Change
		The People who Typically Conduct Critical Participatory Action Research
			An Example in Education
		Blurring Boundaries: Theorists and Practitioners, Researchers and Practitioners
		Critical Participatory Action Research as a Practice-Changing Practice
		References
Chapter 2
	A New View of Participation: Participation in Public Spheres
		Participation in Communication
		Communicative Action and Communicative Space
		Ten Key Features of Public Spheres: Comments for Critical Participatory Action Researchers
		Conclusion: ‘Participation’ in Critical Participatory Action Research is Participation in Public Spheres
		References
Chapter 3
	A New View of Practice: Practices Held in Place by Practice Architectures
		Defining Practice
		Practices and Practice Architectures
		Practices and Practice Architectures in Critical Participatory Action Research
			Critical Participatory Action Research as a Practice-Changing Practice
		References
Chapter 4
	A New View of Research: Research Within Practice Traditions
		What’s Critical about Critical Participatory Action Research?
		Research Perspectives in Critical Participatory Action Research
		Critical Participatory Action Research as a Kind of Research
		Researching Practice from within Practice Traditions
		Using the Practice Architectures Analysis Table to Find a Felt Concern that will be the Focus of a Critical Participatory Action Research Initiative
		References
Chapter 5
	Doing Critical Participatory Action Research: The ‘Planner’ Part
		Practising Critical Participatory Action Research
			Critical Participatory Action Research in Education: Are Our Practices Educational?
		Reconnaissance
			Opening Communicative Space—Establishing a Public Sphere
			Dialogues Between System and Lifeworld, Strategic Action and Communicative Action
			Questions to Identify a Shared Felt Concern in Relation to Our Practices and What Holds Our Practices in Place
			An Initial Statement About What you Intend to Do
		Planning
			Changing Practices and Practice Architectures
			The Product of Planning—A Collective Rationale and Plan for Change
		Enacting the Plan and Observing How it Works
			Enacting and Observing: The Product
		Reflection
			Reflection: The Product
		The Spiral of Cycles of Self-Reflection
		References
Chapter 6
	Examples of Critical Participatory Action Research
		Example 1: The Recycling Project at Braxton High School, Canada
			Determining Issues of Importance to Students Through Focus Groups
			Analysing and Interpreting Students’ Felt Concerns
			Focusing on Students’ Concerns About the Environment
			Shaping Projects with Volunteer Teachers
			Administering a Survey to Determine Whether Recycling Habits were Problematic
			Purchasing and Publicizing Recycling Bins
			Monitoring Recycling Habits and Meeting to Discuss what to do Next
			Pooling Ideas to Solve Problems
			Presenting Findings, and Re-Energizing the Group
			Getting Involved with Other Students and Teachers to Keep Momentum
		Example 2: The Self-Directed Learning Project at Grace Elementary School, Canada
			Determining How to Begin
			Gathering Students’ Feedback
			Analysing Students’ Feedback
			Responding to Students’ Feedback Involves Many People
			Keeping Virtual Journals to Report Back to the Community
			Shaping Self-Directed Learning Time by Visiting Another School
			Living Self-Directed Learning Time
			Addressing Tensions Between Project-Based Learning and Test-Focused Understandings of Learning
			Reflecting on the Value of Self-Directed Learning
		Example 3: The Graphic Novel Project at Joseph Junior High School, Canada
			Gathering Student Feedback
			Analysing Students’ Feedback with Students
			Planning and Learning About Visual and Digital Texts with Students
			Reflecting on the Value of Multimodal (Print, Visual, Digital) Explorations with Students
		Example 4: The Teacher Talk Project in an Australian University
		Example 5: The Yirrkala Ganma Education Project: Critical Participatory Action Research in an Indigenous Community
			The Concept of Ganma
			Ganma Education And The Practice Of Critical Participatory Action Research
		Conclusion
		References
Chapter 7
	Resources for Critical Participatory Action Researchers
		Resource 1: Creating a Public Sphere and Identifying a Shared Felt Concern
			Identifying Educational Legitimation Deficits
			Identifying More General Legitimation Deficits
		Resource 2: Some Notes on Research Ethics for Critical Participatory Action Researchers
			General Principles of Research Ethics: Respecting Persons, Avoiding Harm, Justice and Beneficence
			Informed Consent and Assent
			Dependent Relationships
			Confidentiality and Anonymity
			Mutual Trust and Mutual Vulnerability
			Additional Reading
		Resource 3: Critical Participatory Action Research Group Protocols: Ethical Agreements for Participation in Public Spheres
		Resource 4: Principles of Procedure for Action Researchers
			Establish Working Rules for the Collaborating Group:
			Observe Protocol
			Involve Participants
			Negotiate with Those Affected
			Report Progress
			Obtain Explicit Authorisation before You Observe
			Negotiate Descriptions of People’s Work and Accounts of Others’ Points of View
			Negotiate Reports for Various Levels of Release
			Accept Responsibility for Maintaining Confidentiality
			Retain the Right to Report Your Work
			Make Your Principles of Procedure Binding and Known
		Resource 5: Keeping a Journal
		Resource 6: Gathering Evidence, Documenting
			Some Cautionary Notes
		Resource 7: Reporting: For Yourself and Others
			Reporting Action Research Undertaken as Part of a Course of Study
		Resource 8: Choosing an Academic Partner to Work with a Critical Participatory Action Research Initiative
		References
Index