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In his seminal work, which many still argue marked the origins of action research (Adelman, 1993), Kurt Lewin articulately made the case for an interventionist form of research famously stating: “research which produces nothing but books will not suffice” (Lewin, 1946, p. 35). In this Lewin was making the case not only for research which was sensitive to the particular nature of specific contexts but also, arising from this contextually sensitive, for research as a means to achieved change.
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Townsend, A. (2014). Weaving the Threads of Practice and Research. In: Rauch, F., Schuster, A., Stern, T., Pribila, M., Townsend, A. (eds) Promoting Change through Action Research. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-803-9_2
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