Collaborative Action Research Methodologies
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Ochocientas casitas unifamiliares de planta baja en la orilla del río Besós, cada una de un color diferente, comprimidas entre una zona industrial semiabandonada y la nueva Barcelona del AVE y del Fòrum. En este lugar de márgen,... more
Standpoint theory is a social epistemology and aligned methodological stance predicated on the understanding that, as recent work in Science and Technology Studies (STS) has shown, scientific knowledge of all kinds is irreducibly social... more
"There are many tools available to elicit knowledge and provide understanding of organizational concerns. This paper focuses on the rich picture (RP) used within the soft system methodology. The RP is a diagrammatic means of identifying... more
"Re-imagining 21st century education is ambitious, an ambition born of a sadness as I reflect on a book written 30 years ago. And I shall of course fall far short of the ambition. Just to reiterate again the question raised in the... more
There has been a continuous attack on education, particularly alternative, progressive, democratic and liberatory forms of education that seek social justice and an equality of opportunity for all to develop. In the UK this has led to an... more
Page 1. feminist theory and methodology have yet to find fertile ground in mainstream higher education publications. As jeni hart (2006) notes, even though women have made advances in higher education on mul-tiple levels ...
This article examines five common misunderstandings about case-study research: (a) theoretical knowledge is more valuable than practical knowledge; (b) one cannot generalize from a single case, therefore, the single-case study cannot... more
This chapter contains practical suggestions related to data collection techniques for an action research project. Many of these techniques are also forms of authentic assessment that can be used as part of your classroom teaching practice.
Este artigo vem mostrar uma possível utilização dos games na construção de conhecimento com o método da pesquisa–ação participativa nas áreas de agroecologia, engenharia de pesca e economia solidária. O trabalho apresenta o estado inicial... more
Action research is teacher process oriented to reflect upon and improve their own practices of teaching and learning. Teachers"reflective practices as a continuous content and pedagogic enrichment to address the diverse needs of the... more
"A study into the adoption of social media and web technologies in organisations and communities. The findings dispel the myth of the Generation Y dominance on social media, and reveal that the barriers to adoption include individual... more
Phronetic organizational research is an approach to the study of management and organizations focusing on ethics and power. It is based on a contemporary interpretation of the Aristotelian concept phronesis, usually as ‘prudence’.... more
The Aalborg Project may be interpreted as a metaphor of modern politics, modern administration and planning, and of modernity itself. The basic idea of the project was comprehensive, coherent, and innovative, and it was based on rational... more
At a community event some years ago on an Indian Reserve in British Columbia, I overhead a Secwepemc elder say to a young man who was fooling around, “You can’t listen when your mouth is moving. So be quiet and learn.” He was suitably... more
At the same time that case studies are widely used and have produced canonical texts, it may be observed that the case study as a methodology is generally held in low regard, or is simply ignored, within the academy. For example, only 2... more
[ The original PhD dissertation may be read and authenticated from the website of the University of Newcastle, NSW, at http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/804346 ] This thesis argues that foreign and second language teaching productivity can... more
What is it about social media that so captivates us? Once popularly viewed as entertainment, cultural gatekeepers such as art galleries an dmuseums are now beginning to embrace social media practices as effective means for life long... more
This was the first-ever article to describe and analyze the possibility of a One-State Solution for Palestine/Israel from a Mizrahi positionality both in the Hebrew original and the English translation. Its composition -- like all of... more
The aim of this study is to use grounded theory methods to develop a theory about how children are been abused and the consequences of these abuse in Nigeria with specific reference to Niger Delta region. The theory generated is intended... more
Ce chapitre rend compte de l'étude menée auprès d'une équipe de conseillères et conseillers en emploi d'un service de placement étudiant d'une institution postsecondaire. Souhaitant se munir d'un cadre de référence commun, enrichir leur... more
Action research is a type of research related to one’s professional practice. In the field of education, it can be defined as the process of studying a school, classroom, or teaching-learning situation with the purpose of understanding... more
In this paper we argue that the use of the communicative theory of Jürgen Habermas in planning theory is problematic because it hampers an understanding of how power shapes planning. We posit an alternative approach based on the power... more
This research, conducted by the author when a Senior Researcher at Newcastle University, UK, was funded by a UK governance organisation to help them assess, integrate and improve their understanding of the governed population.... more
This chapter excerpt describes the salient elements and basic process of action research.
The overall aim of the project was to use creative arts therapies and community arts to negotiate and challenge images of ageing and explore their potential contribution to participatory approaches to research in social gerontology. 1
Analysis means to break something down into its component parts so that it can be understood. In action research, data are analyzed and organized into categories so that others might come to understand the reality you are trying to... more
Abstract: This article relates common ways of conceptualising action research as “intervention”, “collaboration”, “interactive research”, “applied research”, and “practitioner research” to a number of different ways of knowing extracted... more