The Palgrave international handbook of action research. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Lonnie L. Rowell, Catherine D. Bruce, Joseph M. Shosh, Margaret M. Reil, editors.
• Editors: Rowell, Lonnie L; Bruce, Catherine D, 1964-; Shosh, Joseph M; Riel, Margaret
• Contents: Part I: Background and Contexts -- Introduction to Part I; Joseph M. Shosh -- 1. Critical Participatory Action Research; Robin McTaggart, Rhonda Nixon and Stephen Kemmis -- 2. Informal Action Research: The Nature and Contribution of Everyday Classroom Inquiry; Clive Beck -- 3. Emancipatory Action Research as a Critical Living Praxis: From Dominant Narrative to Counternarratives; Margaret Ledwith -- 4. Knowledge Democracy and Action Research: Pathways for the Twenty-First Century; Lonnie L. Rowell and Eunsook Hong -- 5. Defining Action Research: On Dialogic Spaces for Constructing Shared Meanings; Lonnie L. Rowell, Margaret Riel, and Elena Y. Polush -- Part II: A World of Action Research -- Introduction to Part II; Catherine D. Bruce and Lonnie L. Rowell -- 6. Action Research in the Canadian Context; Kurt W. Clausen -- 7. An Emergent History of Educational Action Research in the English Speaking World; Allan Feldman -- 8. Participation and the Work of the Imagination: A Colombian Retrospective; Joanne Rappaport -- 9. Action Research and Participatory Research in Brazil; Michel Thiollent and Maria Madalena Colette -- 10. Community Action Research in Ireland: Improving Educational Outcomes in the Dublin Docklands; Josephine Bleach -- 11. Creating a Pedagogy of Vocational Training for Young People not in Education, Employment or Training; Gil Mason and Joan Walton -- 12. The Experience of Lesson Study in the UK; Phil Wood, Alison Fox, Julie Norton, & Maarten Tas -- 13. A Snapshot of Action Research in and by Higher Education in Southern Africa; Lesley Wood, Catherine Dean, Pieter du Toit, Omar Esau, Angela James, Paul Rampaola Mokhele, & Ansurie Pillay -- 14. Community Mapping for Empowerment: Collectivising Adults for Action in the Slums of India; Manoj Rai -- 15. Learning About Action Research In and From the Middle East; Jean McNiff -- 16. Transformative Education for Gross National Happiness: A Teacher Action Research Project in Bhutan; Rosalind Cooper and Timothy Bedford -- <17. Action Research in the Sri Lankan Education System: A Historical Perspective; Godwin Kodituwakku -- 18. The Status of Action Research in the People's Republic of China: A Review of Recent Literature; Lin Yuan -- 19. Using Action Research for Educational Reform in the Nation of Mongolia: A Catalyst for Democratic Transformation; Candace Kaye, Jadambaa Badrakh, Narantsetseg Dorjgotov, Batdelger Jamsrandorj, Baigalmaa Chultum, & Altangoo Orchirbat -- 20. Educational Action Research in South Korea: Finding New Meanings in Practitioner-Based Research; Mina Kim and So Jung Kim -- 21. Transforming Educational Practice through Action Research: Three Australian Examples; Janette Bobis and Robyn Ewing -- Part III: Action Research Networks in Local and Global Contexts Introduction to Part III; Margaret Riel -- 22. Networking at the Grassroots: Action Research Partnerships in Education; Suzy Thomas -- 23. Practice and Theory in Action Research: Living Theories as Frameworks for Action; Jack Whitehead -- 24. Maintaining a Network of Critical Connections over Time and Space: The Case of CARN, the Collaborative Action Research Network; Ruth Balogh, Mary McAteer, & Una Hanley -- 25. Action Learning and Action Research Association (ALARA): History, Culture and Sustainability; Ortrun Zuber-Skerritt and Ron Passfield -- 26. Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA); Rajesh Tandon -- 27. The Nordic Network of Action Research (NNAR): Action Research within the Tradition of Nordic Countries; Karin Rönnerman and Petri Salo -- 28. Pedagogy Education Praxis Network (P.E.P): International Research Program; Stephen Kemmis, Karin Rönnerman, and Christine Edwards-Groves -- 29. The Action Research Network of the Americas (ARNA): Constructing a New Network of North-South Convergence; Joseph M. Shosh, Lonnie L. Rowell, Margaret M. Riel, & Catherine D. Bruce -- Part IV: Challenges, Tensions, and Issues in the Expanding Conceptions of Action Research Introduction to Part IV; Joseph M. Shosh -- 30. Ethical, Epistemic, and Political Issues in Equity-Oriented Collaborative Community-Based Research; Samara S. Foster and Ronald David Glass -- 31. Effecting a High School Culture of Writing: Issues and Dilemmas in Participatory Action Research; Terry Locke and Shaun Hawthorne -- 32. Action Research and Organizational Change in Non-Profit Human Services: Reflections on a Collaborative Action Research Approach to Working with Child, Youth, and Family Organizations; Robert Urquhart and Michael Wearing -- 33. Donor Influence in Community-Based Action Research: A Typology for Advancing Reflexive Decision Making to Protect Participatory Values; David P. Moxley, Valerie Thompson, & Zermarie Deacon -- 34. Praxis and Axis: Theory as Practice in a Melanesian Case Study; Anitra Nelson and Natalie Moxham -- 35. Through a Lens of Reinterpretation: Roles in Facilitated Action Research; Rachel Perry and Tim McGarry -- 36. Inside the Outside: Reflections on a Researcher's Positionality / Multiple "I's"; Nathalis Wamba -- 37. Digital Technology in Service of Action Research; Margaret Riel -- 38. Toward the Construction of a Local Knowledge Base on Teaching and Learning by and for Teachers and Learners; Joseph M. Shosh -- 39. Action Research and the Development of Expertise: Rethinking Teacher Education; Margaret Riel and Lonnie L. Rowell -- Part V: Case Studies in Action Research -- Introduction to Part V: Case Studies of Action Research: Looking Towards Cross-Case Analysis; Catherine D. Bruce -- 40. Arts-based and Participatory Action Research with Recycling Cooperatives; Jutta Gutberlet, Bruno de Oliveira Jayme & Crystal Tremblay -- 41. Border Pedagogy and Orientación y Tutoría: A Case Study of USA-Mexico Collaborative Action Research; Shelley Barajas-Leyva and Lonnie L. Rowell -- 42. E-readers' Impact on Early Readers' Engagement and Literacy Achievement; Alicia Wenzel and Cheryl Peterson -- 43. Commentary on the Action Research Laboratory: A US School-Based Action Research Program; Joseph C. Senese -- 44. Fostering a School-Community Partnership for Mutual Learning and Development: A Participatory Action Learning and Action Research Approach; Lesley Wood and Bruce Damons -- Part VI: Looking Ahead -- Introduction to Part VI; Joseph M. Shosh and Lonnie L. Rowell -- 45. Learning Together: Dialogue, Collaboration, and Reciprocal Transformation in a Nicaraguan Educational Program; Sharon M. Ravitch, Matthew J. Tarditi, Nayibe Montenegro, Duilio Baltodano, & Eveling Estrada -- 46. Participatory Action Research for Recovery of the Senses and Sources of Historic Memory; Cesar Osario-Sanchez -- 47. Linking Foresight and Action: Toward a Futures Action Research; José Ramos -- 48. Towards a Strategic Agenda for Global Action Research: Reflections on Alternative Globalization; Lonnie L. Rowell, Ruth Balogh, Ortrun Zuber-Skerrit, Christine Edwards-Groves, Doris Santos, & Joseph M. Shosh.
• Publisher Details: New York, NY, U.S.A : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (xlix, 886 pages)
• Subjects: 370.116; 370.9; Education; Action research -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; International education; Comparative education; Social sciences; Action research; Comparative education; International education; Social Science -- General; Science -- General; Society & social sciences; Educational: Sciences, general science; Education -- Comparative; Education; Handbooks and manuals; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137405234; 1137405236
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