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Action Research in the Canadian Context

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This chapter examines the development and present state of action research in Canada and the many variations that exist in its realization. Specifically, it observes the evolution of a “grass-roots” researcher-practitioner movement to achieve widespread (yet fragmented) acceptance of action research by the late 1960s. Building on this contextualization, the chapter then reviews Canadian scholarship that has been produced on the subject and the major researchers who are presently at the vanguard of this movement. This is followed by a sampling of governmental initiatives, as well as federations and associations, whose work has promoted action research among their constituents. Finally, this chapter identifies a number of formal and informal networks that function at the bedrock level, aiding practitioners and scholars in their work.

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  1. Nipissing University, North Bay, ON, Canada

    Kurt W. Clausen

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  1. School of Leadership & Education Sciences, University of San Diego, San Diego, California, USA

    Lonnie L. Rowell

  2. School of Education, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

    Catherine D. Bruce

  3. Education Department, Moravian College, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA

    Joseph M. Shosh

  4. Center for Collaborative Action Research, Pepperdine University, Los Angeles, California, USA

    Margaret M. Riel

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Clausen, K.W. (2017). Action Research in the Canadian Context. In: Rowell, L., Bruce, C., Shosh, J., Riel, M. (eds) The Palgrave International Handbook of Action Research. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-40523-4_7

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