Overview
- Presents a comprehensive overview of the efforts of the global action research community
- Features the first collection of histories of major global networks that bring together action researchers
- Provides both a theoretical and practical perspective on action research activity
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Table of contents (50 chapters)
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A World of Action Research
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Action Research Networks in Local and Global Contexts
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Challenges, Tensions, and Issues in the Expanding Conceptions of Action Research
Keywords
- Action Research
- Action research networks
- Activism
- Alternative globalization
- Classroom Inquiry
- Collaboration
- Collaborative Action Research
- Conferences
- Critical Inquiry
- Critical Participatory Action Research
- Cross Cultural Work
- Democracy
- Development
- Dialogue
- Educational action research
- Emancipatory Action Research
- Empowerment
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Lonnie L. Rowell is Associate Professor of Counseling in the School of Leadership and Education Sciences at the University of San Diego, USA. He is an Editor for Educational Action Research and was Founding Chair of the Action Research Network of the Americas.
Joseph M. Shosh is Professor and Chair of the Department of Education at Moravian College, USA, and Chair of the Executive Committee of the Action Research Network of the Americas. He is the recipient of the National Council of Teachers of English Paul and Kate Farmer English Journal Writing Award, the James N. Moffett Award for Classroom Research, and Cornell University’s Merrill Scholar Teaching Award.
Catherine D. Bruce is Associate Professor at Trent University, Canada. Her research involves collaborative action research with educators in classrooms to bridge research and practice gaps in education. She is passionate in her conviction that all learners are capable of success in mathematics. Her research areas include teacher and student efficacy and models of professional learning.
Margaret M. Riel is Director of the Center for Collaborative Action Research and a member of the Action Research Network of the Americas Executive Committee. Her goal is to help innovative global educators transform their practices to ones that are informed and guided by action research.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Palgrave International Handbook of Action Research
Editors: Lonnie L. Rowell, Catherine D. Bruce, Joseph M. Shosh, Margaret M. Riel
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-40523-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-44108-9Published: 27 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-40523-4Published: 26 October 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XLIX, 886
Number of Illustrations: 76 b/w illustrations
Topics: International and Comparative Education, Social Sciences, general, Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary