The Palgrave International Handbook of Action Research

Front Matter....Pages i-xlix
Introduction....Pages 1-13
Front Matter....Pages 15-19
Critical Participatory Action Research....Pages 21-35
Informal Action Research: The Nature and Contribution of Everyday Classroom Inquiry....Pages 37-48
Emancipatory Action Research as a Critical Living Praxis: From Dominant Narratives to Counternarratives....Pages 49-62
Knowledge Democracy and Action Research: Pathways for the Twenty-First Century....Pages 63-83
Defining Action Research: On Dialogic Spaces for Constructing Shared Meanings....Pages 85-101
Front Matter....Pages 103-106
Action Research in the Canadian Context....Pages 107-124
An Emergent History of Educational Action Research in the English-Speaking World....Pages 125-145
Participation and the Work of the Imagination: A Colombia n Retrospective....Pages 147-159
Action Research and Participatory Research in Brazil....Pages 161-176
Community Action Research in Ireland: Improving Educational Outcomes Through Collaboration in the Dublin Docklands....Pages 177-188
Creating a Pedagogy of Vocational Training for Young People Not in Education, Employment, or Training....Pages 189-202
The Experience of Lesson Study in the UK....Pages 203-220
A Snapshot of Action Research in and by Higher Education in Southern Africa....Pages 221-234
Community-Led Mapping for Empowerment: Collectivizing Adults for Action in the Slums of India....Pages 235-250
Learning About Action Research in and From the Middle East....Pages 251-263
Transformative Education for Gross National Happiness: A Teacher Action Research Project in Bhutan....Pages 265-278
Action Research in the Sri Lankan Education System: A Historical Perspective....Pages 279-297
The Status of Action Research in the People’s Republic of China: A Review of Recent Literature....Pages 299-309
Using Action Research for Educational Reform in the Nation of Mongolia: A Catalyst for Democratic Transformation....Pages 311-328
Front Matter....Pages 103-106
Educational Action Research in South Korea: Finding New Meanings in Practitioner-Based Research....Pages 329-343
Transforming Educational Practice Through Action Research: Three Australian Examples....Pages 345-361
Front Matter....Pages 363-368
Networking at the Grassroots Level: Action Research Partnerships in Education....Pages 369-385
Practice and Theory in Action Research: Living-Theories as Frameworks for Action....Pages 387-401
Maintaining a Network of Critical Connections over Time and Space: The Case of CARN, the Collaborative Action Research Network....Pages 403-418
Action Learning and Action Research Association (ALARA): History, Culture, and Sustainability....Pages 419-439
Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA)....Pages 441-453
Action Research Within the Tradition of Nordic Countries....Pages 455-469
Pedagogy Education Praxis Network (PEP): International Research Program....Pages 471-485
The Action Research Network of the Americas (ARNA): Constructing a New Network of North-South Convergence....Pages 487-503
Front Matter....Pages 505-509
Affecting a High School Culture of Writing: Issues and Dilemmas in Participatory Action Research....Pages 511-525
Organisational Change in Non-Profit Human Services: Reflections on a Collaborative Action Research Approach to Working with Child, Youth, and Family Organisations....Pages 527-544
Donor Influence in Community-Based Action Research: A Typology for Advancing Reflexive Decision-Making to Protect Essential Participatory Values....Pages 545-561
Praxis and Axis: Theory as Practice in a Melanesian Case Study....Pages 563-578
Inside the Outside: Reflections on a Researcher’s Positionality/Multiple “I’s”....Pages 579-597
Toward the Construction of a Local Knowledge Base on Teaching and Learning by and for Teachers and Learners....Pages 599-611
Front Matter....Pages 613-626
Arts-Based and Participatory Action Research with Recycling Cooperatives....Pages 627-646
Commentary on the Action Research Laboratory: A US School-based Action Research Program....Pages 647-665
Front Matter....Pages 667-688
Linking Foresight and Action: Toward a Futures Action Research....Pages 689-698
Back Matter....Pages 699-715
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