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Introduction to action research : social research for social change /

Title:
Introduction to action research : social research for social change /
Author:
Greenwood, Davydd J.
Published:
Thousand Oaks, Calif. : ©2007.
Format:
Online, Book
Institution:
Lesley Sherrill
Contents:
Introduction: Action research, diversity, and democracy -- A history of action research -- Action research cases from practice : the stories of Stongfjorden, Mondragón, and programs for employment and workplace systems at Cornell University -- An epistemological foundation for action research -- Scientific method and action research -- Social science research techniques, work forms, and research strategies in action research -- Knowledge generation in action research : the dialectics of local knowledge and research-based knowledge -- The friendly outsider : from AR as a research strategy to the skills needed to become an action researcher -- Pragmatic action research -- Power and social reform -- Educational action research -- Participatory evaluation -- Participatory rural appraisal, rapid rural appraisal, and participatory learning and analysis -- Varieties of human inquiry, collaborative, action, self-reflective, and cooperative -- Action science and organizational learning -- Educating action researchers -- Action research, participation, and democratization.
Online access:
No online access
Library holdings:
Lesley/EDS-Sherrill Library Main Stacks
HM571 .G74 2007 – Available