The Sage handbook of action research : participative inquiry and practice / edited by Peter Reason, Hilary Bradbury.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Reason, Peter.

Bradbury, Hilary.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Action research.

Participant observation.

Physical Description:

xxxii, 720 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Other Title:

Handbook of action research

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles ; London : SAGE, 2008.

Contents:

Part 1 Groundings 11

Introduction to Groundings / Peter Reason, Hilary Bradbury 11

1 Living Inquiry: Personal, Political and Philosophical Groundings for Action Research Practice / Patricia Gaya Wicks, Peter Reason, Hilary Bradbury 15

2 Participatory Action Research as Practice / Marja Liisa Swantz 31

3 Some Trends in the Praxis of Participatory Action Research / Md. Anisur Rahman 49

4 Action Research and the Challenge of Scope / Bjorn Gustavsen, Agneta Hansson, Thoralf U. Qvale 63

5 Action Research at Work: Creating the Future Following the Path from Lewin / Hilary Bradbury, Phil Mirvis, Eric Neilsen, William Pasmore 77

6 Continuing the Journey: Articulating Dimensions of Feminist Participatory Research (FPAR) / Colleen Reid, Wendy Frisby 93

7 Towards Transformational Liberation: Participatory and Action Research and Praxis / M. Brinton Lykes, Amelia Mallona 106

8 Critical Theory and Participatory Action Research / Stephen Kemmis 121

9 Systems Thinking and Practice for Action Research / Ray Ison 139

10 Social Construction and Research as Action / Kenneth J. Gergen, Mary M. Gergen 159

11 Power and Knowledge / John Gaventa, Andrea Cornwall 172

12 Appreciable Worlds, Inspired Inquiry / Danielle P. Zandee, David L. Cooperrider 190

13 Ethics and Action Research: Deepening our Commitment to Principles of Social Justice and Redefining Systems of Democratic Practice / Mary Brydon-Miller 199

14 The Future of Universities: Action Research and the Transformation of Higher Education / Morten Levin, Davydd Greenwood 211

15 Action Research, Partnerships and Social Impacts: The Institutional Collaboration of PRIA and IDR / L. David Brown, Rajesh Tandon 227

Part 2 Practices 235

Introduction to Practices / Peter Reason, Hilary Bradbury 235

16 Action Inquiry: Interweaving Multiple Qualities of Attention for Timely Action / William R. Torbert, Steven S. Taylor 239

17 Action Science: Linking Causal Theory and Meaning Making in Action Research / Victor J. Friedman, Tim Rogers 252

18 Clinical Inquiry/Research / Edgar H. Schein 266

19 The Practice of Appreciative Inquiry / James D. Ludema, Ronald E. Fry 280

20 PRA, PLA and Pluralism: Practice and Theory / Robert Chambers 297

21 Action Learning / Mike Pedler, John Burgoyne 319

22 The Jury is Out: How Far Can Participatory Projects Go Towards Reclaiming Democracy? / Tom Wakeford, Jasber Singh, Bano Murtuja, Peter Bryant, Michel Pimbert 333

23 Learning History: An Action Research Practice in Support of Actionable Learning / George Roth, Hilary Bradbury 350

24 Extending Epistemology within a Co-operative Inquiry / John Heron, Peter Reason 366

25 Action Research in Healthcare / Ian Hughes 381

26 Action Research on a Large Scale: Issues and Practices / Ann W. Martin 394

27 Theorizing Audience, Products and Provocation / Michelle Fine, Maria Elena Torre 407

28 Taking the Action Turn: Lessons from Bringing Participation to Qualitative Research / Sonia Ospina, Jennifer Dodge, Erica Gabrielle Foldy, Amparo Hofmann-Pinilla 420

Part 3 Exemplars 435

Introduction to Exemplars: Varieties of Action Research / Hilary Bradbury, Peter Reason 435

29 Charismatic Inquiry in Concert: Action Research in the Realm of 'the Between' / John Heron, Gregg Lahood 439

30 Presentational Knowing: Bridging Experience and Expression with Art, Poetry and Song / Jennifer Mullett 450

31 Working with 'Not Knowing' Amid Power Dynamics Among Managers: From Faultfinding and Exclusion Towards Co-learning and Inclusion / Marianne Kristiansen, Jorgen Bloch-Poulsen 463

32 Learning to Love Our Black Selves: Healing from Internalized Oppressions / Taj Johns 473

33 The Tapestry of Leadership: Lessons from Six Cooperative-Inquiry Groups of Social Justice Leaders / Lyle Yorks, Arnold Aprill, LaDon James, Anita Rees, Amparo Hoffman-Pinilla, Sonia Ospina 487

34 The Workplace Stress and Aggression Project: Ways of Knowing - Our Rosetta Stone for Practice / Rita Kowalski, Lyle Yorks, Mariann Jelinek 497

35 Theatre in Participatory Action Research: Experiences from Bangladesh / Meghna Guhathakurta 510

36 Changing the Culture of Dependency to Allow for Successful Outcomes in Particpatory Research: Fourteen Years of Experience in Yucatan, Mexico / Maria Teresa Castillo-Burguete, Maria Dolores Viga de Alva, Federico Dickinson 522

37 Health Promotion and Participatory Action Research: The Significance of Participatory Praxis in Developing Participatory Health Intervention / Lai Fong Chui 534

38 'This Is So Democratic!!' Action Research and Policy Development in East Timor / Ernie Stringer 550

39 'No - You Don't Know How We Feel!': Collaborative Inquiry Using Video with Children Facing the Life-threatening Illness of a Parent / Gillian Chowns 562

40 IT and Action Sensemaking: Making Sense of New Technology / Chris Dymek 573

Part 4 Skills 585

Introduction to Skills / Peter Reason, Hilary Bradbury

41 Negotiating the Challenges of Participatory Action Research: Relationships, Power, Participation, Change and Credibility / Jill Grant, Geoff Nelson, Terry Mitchell 589

42 Getting in, Getting on, Getting out: On Working with Second-person Inquiry Groups / Kate Louise McArdle 602

43 Facilitation as Action Research in the Moment / Jenny Mackewn 615

44 Muddling Through: Facing the Challenges of Managing a Large-scale Action Research Project / Geoff Mead 629

45 Insider Action Research: The Dynamics of Developing New Capabilities / David Coghlan, A.B. (Rami) Shani 643

46 Teaching Reflective Practice in the Action Science/Action Inquiry Tradition: Key Stages, Concepts and Practices / Steven S. Taylor, Jenny W. Rudolph, Erica Gabrielle Foldy 656

47 The Praxis of Educating Action Researchers / Morten Levin 669

48 Finding Form in Writing for Action Research / Judi Marshall 682

49 Concluding Reflections: Whither Action Research? / Peter Reason, Hilary Bradbury 695.

Notes:

Previous ed.: Handbook of action research, 2001.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1412920299

9781412920292

OCLC:

155685708