The Palgrave International Handbook of Action Research

Part I: Background and ContextsIntroduction to Part I, Joseph M. Shosh1.Critical Participatory Action Research, Robin McTaggart, Rhonda Nixon and Stephen Kemmis2.Informal Action Research: The Nature and Contribution of Everyday Classroom Inquiry, Clive Beck3.Emancipatory Action Research as a Critical Living Praxis: From Dominant Narrative to Counternarratives, Margaret Ledwith4.Knowledge Democracy and Action Research: Pathways for the Twenty-First Century, Lonnie L. Rowell and Eunsook Hong5.Defining Action Research: On Dialogic Spaces for Constructing Shared Meanings, Lonnie L. Rowell, Margaret Riel, and Elena Y. Polush, Part II: A World of Action ResearchIntroduction to Part II, Catherine D. Bruce and Lonnie L. Rowell6.Action Research in the Canadian Context, Kurt W. Clausen7.An Emergent History of Educational Action Research in the English Speaking World, Allan Feldman8.Participation and the Work of the Imagination: A Colombian Retrospective, Joanne Rappaport9.Action Research and Participatory Research in Brazil, Michel Thiollent and Maria Madalena Colette10.Community Action Research in Ireland: Improving Educational Outcomes in the Dublin Docklands, Josephine Bleach11.Creating a Pedagogy of Vocational Training for Young People not in Education, Employment or Training, Gil Mason and Joan Walton12.The Experience of Lesson Study in the UK, Phil Wood, Alison Fox, Julie Norton, & Maarten Tas13.A Snapshot of Action Research in and by Higher Education in Southern Africa,Lesley Wood, Catherine Dean, Pieter du Toit, Omar Esau, Angela James, Paul Rampaola Mokhele, & Ansurie Pillay14.Community Mapping for Empowerment: Collectivising Adults for Action in the Slums of India, Manoj Rai15.Learning About Action Research In and From the Middle East, Jean McNiff16.Transformative Education for Gross National Happiness: A Teacher Action Research Project in Bhutan, Rosalind Cooper and Timothy Bedford17.Action Research in the Sri Lankan Education System: A Historical Perspective,Godwin Kodituwakku18.The Status of Action Research in the People's Republic of China: A Review of Recent Literature, Lin Yuan19.Using Action Research for Educational Reform in the Nation of Mongolia: A Catalyst for Democratic Transformation, Candace Kaye, Jadambaa Badrakh, Narantsetseg Dorjgotov, Batdelger Jamsrandorj, Baigalmaa Chultum, & Altangoo Orchirbat20.Educational Action Research in South Korea: Finding New Meanings in Practitioner-Based Research, Mina Kim and So Jung Kim21.Transforming Educational Practice through Action Research: Three Australian Examples, Janette Bobis and Robyn EwingPart III: Action Research Networks in Local and Global ContextsIntroduction to Part III, Margaret Riel22.Networking at the Grassroots: Action Research Partnerships in Education, Suzy Thomas23.Practice and Theory in Action Research: Living Theories as Frameworks for Action, Jack Whitehead24.Maintaining a Network of Critical Connections over Time and Space: The Case of CARN, the Collaborative Action Research Network, Ruth Balogh, Mary McAteer, & Una Hanley 25.Action Learning and Action Research Association (ALARA): History, Culture and Sustainability, Ortrun Zuber-Skerritt and Ron Passfield26.Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA), Rajesh Tandon27.The Nordic Network of Action Research (NNAR): Action Research within the Tradition of Nordic Countries, Karin Rönnerman and Petri Salo28.Pedagogy Education Praxis Network (P.E.P): International Research Program, Stephen Kemmis, Karin Rönnerman, and Christine Edwards-Groves29.The Action Research Network of the Americas (ARNA): Constructing a New Network of North-South Convergence, Joseph M. Shosh, Lonnie L. Rowell, Margaret M. Riel, & Catherine D. BrucePart IV: Challenges, Tensions, and Issues in the Expanding Conceptions of Action ResearchIntroduction to Part IV, Joseph M. Shosh30.Ethical, Epistemic, and Political Issues in Equity-Oriented Collaborative Community-Based Research, Samara S. Foster and Ronald David Glass31.Effecting a High School Culture of Writing: Issues and Dilemmas in Participatory Action Research, Terry Locke and Shaun Hawthorne32.Action Research and Organizational Change in Non-Profit Human Services: Reflections on a Collaborative Action Research Approach to Working with Child, Youth, and Family Organizations, Robert Urquhart and Michael Wearing33.Donor Influence in Community-Based Action Research:  A Typology for Advancing Reflexive Decision Making to Protect Participatory Values, David P. Moxley, Valerie Thompson, & Zermarie Deacon34.Praxis and Axis: Theory as Practice in a Melanesian Case Study, Anitra Nelson and Natalie Moxham35.Through a Lens of Reinterpretation: Roles in Facilitated Action Research, Rachel Perry and Tim McGarry36.Inside the Outside: Reflections on a Researcher's Positionality / Multiple "I's", Nathalis Wamba37.Digital Technology in Service of Action Research, Margaret Riel38.Toward the Construction of a Local Knowledge Base on Teaching and Learning by and for Teachers and Learners, Joseph M. Shosh39.Action Research and the Development of Expertise: Rethinking Teacher Education, Margaret Riel and Lonnie L. RowellPart V: Case Studies in Action ResearchIntroduction to Part V: Case Studies of Action Research: Looking Towards Cross-Case Analysis, Catherine D. Bruce40.Arts-based and Participatory Action Research with Recycling Cooperatives, Jutta Gutberlet, Bruno de Oliveira Jayme & Crystal Tremblay41.Border Pedagogy and Orientación y Tutoría: A Case Study of USA-Mexico Collaborative Action Research, Shelley Barajas-Leyva and Lonnie L. Rowell42.E-readers' Impact on Early Readers' Engagement and Literacy Achievement, Alicia Wenzel and Cheryl Peterson43.Commentary on the Action Research Laboratory: A US School-Based Action Research Program, Joseph C. Senese44.Fostering a School-Community Partnership for Mutual Learning and Development: A Participatory Action Learning and Action Research Approach, Lesley Wood and Bruce DamonsPart VI: Looking AheadIntroduction to Part VI, Joseph M. Shosh and Lonnie L. Rowell45.Learning Together: Dialogue, Collaboration, and Reciprocal Transformation in a Nicaraguan Educational Program, Sharon M. Ravitch, Matthew J. Tarditi, Nayibe Montenegro, Duilio Baltodano, & Eveling Estrada46.Participatory Action Research for Recovery of the Senses and Sources of Historic Memory, Cesar Osario-Sanchez47.Linking Foresight and Action: Toward a Futures Action Research, José Ramos48.Towards a Strategic Agenda for Global Action Research: Reflections on Alternative Globalization, Lonnie L. Rowell, Ruth Balogh, Ortrun Zuber-Skerrit, Christine Edwards-Groves, Doris Santos, & Joseph M. Shosh  ... Mehr