Handbook of action research : the concise paperback edition /
Action research
edited by Peter Reason and Hilary Bradbury.
- London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 2006.
- xxxii, 362 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: inquiry and participation in search of a world worthy of human aspiration / Peter Reason and Hilary Bradbury -- Part one: Groundings -- Theory and practice: the mediating discourse / Bjørn Gustavsen -- Participatory (action) research in social theory: origins and challenges / Orlando Fals Borda -- Action research in the workplace: the socio-technical perspective / William Pasmore -- Infusing race into the US discourse on action research / Ella Edmondson Bell -- Uneven ground: feminisms and action research / Patricia Maguire -- Power and knowledge / John Gaventa and Andrea Cornwall -- Knowledge and participatory research / Peter Park -- Exploring the relevance of critical theory for action research: emancipatory action research in the footsteps of Jürgen Habermas / Stephen Kemmis -- The humanistic approach to action research / John Rowan -- The relationship of "systems thinking" to action research / Robert Louis Flood -- Part two: Practices -- Action science: creating communities of inquiry in communities of practice / Victor J. Friedman -- The practice of co-operative inquiry: research 'with' rather than 'on' people / John Heron and Peter Reason -- Appreciative inquiry: the power of the unconditional positive question / James D. Ludema, David L. Cooperrider and Frank J. Barrett -- Large-group processes as action research / Ann W. Martin -- Ethnodrama: constructing participatory, experiential and compelling action research through performance / Jim Mienczakowski and Stephen Morgan -- Clinical inquiry/research / Edgar H. Schein -- Community action research: learning as a community of practitioners, consultants and researchers / Peter M. Senge and Claus Otto Scharmer -- The practice of action inquiry / William R. Torbert -- Part three: Exemplars -- Working together, learning together: co-operative inquiry in the development of complex practice by teams of social workers / Mark Baldwin -- The early mothering project: what happened when the words 'action research' came to life for a group of midwives / Penelope A. Barrett -- Learning with The natural step: action research to promote conversations for sustainable development / Hilary Bradbury -- Transforming lives: towards bicultural competence / Gloria Bravette Gordon -- Action research to develop an interorganizational network / Rupert F. Chisholm -- Participatory research and education for social change: highlander research and education center / Helen Matthews Lewis -- Creative arts and photography in participatory action research in Guatemala / M. Brinton Lykes, in collaboration with the Association of Maya Ixil Women, New Dawn, Chajul, Guatemala -- The art of clinical inquiry in information technology-related change / Joe McDonagh and David Coghlan -- Participatory action research in southern Tanzania, with special reference to women / Marja-Liisa Swantz, Elizabeth Ndedya and Mwajuma Saiddy Masaiganah -- Six street youth who could ... / Elizabeth Whitmore and Colette McKee -- Part four: Skills -- Collaborative off-line reflection: a way to develop skill in action science and action inquiry / Jenny W. Rudolph, Steven S. Taylor and Erica Gabrielle Foldy -- On working with graduate research students / Peter Reason and Judi Marshall -- The mirror, the magnifying glass, the compass and the map: facilitating participatory action research / Yoland Wadsworth -- Self-reflective inquiry practices / Judi Marshall -- Conclusion: Broadening the bandwidth of validity: issues and choice-points for improving the quality of action research / Hilary Bradbury and Peter Reason.
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