Handbook of action research : participative inquiry and practice / edited by Peter Reason and Hilary Bradbury.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Reason, Peter.

Bradbury, Hilary.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Action research--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Action research.

Participant observation--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Participant observation.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

xlii, 468 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 2001.

Summary:

A remarkable reframing of action research that engages the spirit as well as the mind, in inquiry that matters, shared among inquirers who matter. "Validity" as we once knew it will never be the same after these improvements. Wonderfully provocative!'" - Karl Weick, University of Michigan "

""This is truly a significant work. Not only has action research reached maturity, but in the context of the postmodern constructionist debates its scope has been dramatically expanded, its conceptual underpinnings deepened, and its forms of practice enormously enriched. The present confluence of humanism and pragmatism has inspired lively conversations between us; the work has the potential to transform the very idea of socia

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0761966455

OCLC:

44015575