Collaborative Learning Action Research Resources
Action Research
This site contains a list of dozens of articles and other resources related to action research, plus links to dozens more. Note that several papers by Peter Reason are included.
Action Research Electronic Reader
What is action research? As Bob Dick puts it, 'Action research consists of a family of research methodologies which pursue action and research outcomes at the same time'
A Beginner's Guide to Action Research
Action research is action and research in the same process. It has twin aims of action for change in an organisation or community, with research to increase our knowledge and understanding. It is not action for research (doing in order to increase understanding), nor research for action (increasing knowledge in order to be applied at a later time), but a coming together of two purposes in a single project or process.
Center for Action Research in Professional Practice (CARPP)
School of Management, University of Bath “Our interest and concern is with approaches to action research which integrate action and reflection, so that the knowledge gained in the inquiry is directly relevant to the issues being studied; and in which there is increased collaboration between all those involved in the inquiry project.”
Educational Action Research
Educational Action Research is a fully-refereed international journal concerned with exploring the unity between educational research and practice. Increasing interest in action research in recent years has been accompanied by the development of a number of different approaches: for example, to promote reflective practice; professional development; empowerment; understanding of tacit professional knowledge; curriculum development; institutional change; and development of democratic management and administration. Proponents of all these share the common aim of ending the dislocation of research from practice, an aim which links them with those involved in participatoryresearch and action inquiry.
PARchives
This site provides the most complete listing of action research documents available as full text documents on the web.
Southern Cross University
This site provides links to action research, action learning and related resources at Southern Cross University and elsewhere.
What is action research?
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Updated 02/23/2005
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