Review Essay: Getting with the Act of Action Research

Abstract: Action research (AR) prides itself on being a field of both theoretical and practical inquiry. Its scholarly identity rests heavily on framing participants as engaged, subjective, and participatory beings who learn and change through research processes. Yet, action research struggles to be considered a rigorous methodological field of inquiry and certainly there have been those who have raised questions about its validity as a research method. Where action research is used, qualifications and justifications abound as people struggle to have their research heard over other disciplines and techniques that claim more validity or appropriateness of methods. As a community development practitioner, I have employed AR approaches in the design and application of projects. As an academic, I have had the opportunity to design and facilitate meetings using participatory action research methods for data collection and to develop ground-up interventions with primary health care professionals. .... https://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/1355

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Review Essay: Getting with the Act of Action Research ; volume:10 ; number:3 ; day:30 ; month:07 ; year:2009 ; Forum qualitative Sozialforschung ; 10, Heft 3 (30.07.2009)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Palmer, Victoria J.

Further information

• DOI: 10.17169/fqs-10.3.1355
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs0903268
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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