ACTION RESEARCH
Action Research Electronic Reader
"Action research is a tool to change society and generate knowledge, which at its best is emancipating and empowering. The documents in the Action Research Electronic Reader are original contributions brought together with the purpose of supporting and informing students, researchers and change agents in the field."Action Research
Queen's University, Kingston, OntarioAction Research
University of Colorado at Denver School of EducationArgyris, C., Putnam, R. and McLain Smith, D. (1985). Action science: concepts, methods and skills for research and intervention. San Francisco, Ca.: Jossey-Bass.
Argyris, C. (1993). Knowledge for Action: A Guide to Overcoming Barriers to Organisational Change. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Carr, Wilfred and Stephen Kemmis. (1986). Becoming Critical: Education Knowledge and Action Research. London: Falmer Press.
CASAS, the Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment System, provides tools and resources for assessment, instruction and evaluation. A non-profit organization focusing on adult literacy.
Dick, Bob.
- A Beginner's Guide to Action Research, 1997
- Action Research International
An online refereed journal at Southern Cross University, Australia- Action Research Resources, SCU, Australia
Includes links, email lists and other resources at Southern Cross University, Australia.- You want to do an action research thesis?
How to conduct and report action research, including a beginner's guide to the literature.- AREOL
Action Research and Evaluation On-Line. A 14 week online course.Heron, John. (Sept. 1996). Co-operative Inquiry: research into the human condition. Sage Publications.
Oja, S. N. and Smuljan, O. (1989). Collaborative Action Research: A Developmental Approach. London: Falmer Press.
- This is the first book to provide a comprehensive account of co-operative inquiry: a way of doing research with people where the roles of researcher and subject are integrated. Co-operative inquiry is a distinctive and wide-ranging form of participative research in which people use the full range of their sensibilities to inquire together into any aspect of the human condition. This book offers both an extensive exploration of its theoretical background and a detailed practical guide to the methods involved. Topics covered include: a critique of established research techniques; the underlying participative paradigm of co-operative inquiry; the epistemological and political aspects of participation; different types of co-operative inquiry and the range of inquiry topics; ways of setting up inquiry groups and enabling their development; four kinds of inquiry outcome and the primacy of the practical; the main stages of the inquiry cycle, highlighting key issues for practice at each stage; special skills and procedures used for enhancing validity.
Prendergast, Michael : Seven Stages in my First Action Research Project
Whyte, W. F. (ed) (1991). Participatory Action Research. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.
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