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050 0 0 _aHN 29
_b.Ac85 2014
245 0 0 _aAction research :
_bmodels, methods, and examples /
_cedited by Jerry W. Willis, St. John Fisher College; Claudia Edwards, St. John Fisher College.
260 _aCharlotte, NC :
_bINFORMATION AGE PUBLISHING, INC.,
_c[2014].
264 1 _aCharlotte, NC :
_bINFORMATION AGE PUBLISHING, INC.,
_c[2014].
265 _aFFB
300 _aix, 332 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c25 cm.
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
490 0 _aA volume in Applied research in education and the social sciences
520 _aThe first three chapters of Action Research: Models, Methods, and Examples covers the history, foundations, and basics of conducting action research projects. In those chapters you will learn about the origins of action research as well as about the different methods and models of action research - from the original approaches used by Kurt Lewin and his students in the 1940s and 1950s to the diversity of current approaches to Ar that are used to develop both solutions to real world problems and to construct a better understanding of important issues and concern in communities, schools, businesses, and organizations. The nine chapters in the second part of the book illustrate the many ways action research is practiced today. Those chapters illustrate the use of action research methods to accomplish everything from individual personal professional development to changing policies and practices in large organizations and systems. The chapters detail many specific methods of doing Ar such as participatory action research, emancipatory action research, designbased action research, collaborative inquiry, and many others.
650 0 _aSocial problems
_xResearch.
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650 0 _aAction research
_vCase studies.
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650 0 _aAction research in education.
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_vCase studies.
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700 1 _aWillis, Jerry W.
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700 1 _aEdwards, Claudia L.
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