The Palgrave International Handbook of Action Research

ISBN-13: 9781137441089 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 886 str.

L. Rowell; C. Bruce; J. Shosh

Opis

The Palgrave International Handbook of Action Research offers a vivid portrait of both theoretical perspectives and practical action research activity and related benefits around the globe, while attending to the cultural, political, social, historical and ecological contexts that localize, shape and characterize action research. Cross-national issues of networking, as well as the challenges, tensions and issues associated with the transformative power of action research are explored from multiple perspectives providing unique contributions to our understanding of what it means to do action research and to be an action researcher. This handbook sets a global action research agenda and map for readers to consider as they embark on new projects.

Recenzje

"The Palgrave International Handbook of Action Research is a rich source of examples and typologies of Action Research together with substantial debates and challenges in the field. It provides a comprehensive revision of Action Research across its numerous debates, with a brilliant wide-ranging international perspective. This book is a must-read for both young and experienced scholars, along with those who are not yet in the field, but are interested in Action Research." (Carmen Martinez-Vargas, Educational Action Research, September, 2018)

Spis treści

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  

O autorze

Lonnie L. Rowell is Associate Professor of Counseling in the School of Leadership and Education Sciences at the University of San Diego, USA. He is an Editor for Educational Action Research and was Founding Chair of the Action Research Network of the Americas.

Joseph M. Shosh is Professor and Chair of the Department of Education at Moravian College, USA, and Chair of the Executive Committee of the Action Research Network of the Americas. He is the recipient of the National Council of Teachers of English Paul and Kate Farmer English Journal Writing Award, the James N. Moffett Award for Classroom Research, and Cornell University’s Merrill Scholar Teaching Award.

Catherine D. Bruce is Associate Professor at Trent University, Canada. Her research involves collaborative action research with educators in classrooms to bridge research and practice gaps in education. She is passionate in her conviction that all learners are capable of success in mathematics. Her research areas include teacher and student efficacy and models of professional learning.

Margaret M. Riel is Director of the Center for Collaborative Action Research and a member of the Action Research Network of the Americas Executive Committee. Her goal is to help innovative global educators transform their practices to ones that are informed and guided by action research.

Blurb

The Palgrave International Handbook of Action Research offers a vivid portrait of both theoretical perspectives and practical action research activity and related benefits around the globe, while attending to the cultural, political, social, historical and ecological contexts that localize, shape and characterize action research. Consisting of teachers, youth workers, counselors, nurses, community developers, artists, ecologists, farmers, settlement-dwellers, students, professors and intellectual-activists on every continent and at every edge of the globe, the movement sustained and inspired by this community was born of the efforts of intellectual-activists in the mid-twentieth century specifically: Orlando Fals Borda, Paulo Freire, Myles Horton, Kurt Lewin. Cross-national issues of networking, as well as the challenges, tensions, and issues associated with the transformative power of action research are explored from multiple perspectives providing unique contributions to our understanding of what it means to do action research and to be an action researcher. This handbook sets a global action research agenda and map for readers to consider as they embark on new projects.