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Research Responses to Practical Challenges: What Can Action Research Contribute?
[journal article]
Abstract "During the last decade a major practical turn in research in general has
been identified and made subject to discussion. One consequence is a
growing interest in what action research can offer in this context. It is a
mistake to assume that action research can produce theories of the same
kind ... view more
"During the last decade a major practical turn in research in general has
been identified and made subject to discussion. One consequence is a
growing interest in what action research can offer in this context. It is a
mistake to assume that action research can produce theories of the same
kind as conventional research but which are, in some way or other, more
practical. The core contributions of action research pertain to how practical
challenges are identified, and to how knowledge is made actionable
through dialogically structured processes of interplay between research
and practical actors. This, however, is not enough. Only when each
dialogic process is able to grow in quality and number of actors involved,
is the process able to verify its own power as a democratic mechanism." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
action research; research; theory-practice; knowledge production; participation; interaction
Classification
Research Design
Document language
English
Publication Year
2007
Page/Pages
p. 93-111
Journal
International Journal of Action Research, 3 (2007) 1+2
Issue topic
Diversity of Action Research: Experiences and Perspectives
ISSN
1861-1303
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
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