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008			140307s2015 caua b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2014002908
020			_a9781483333106
082			_a300.072 HER
100	1		_aHerr, Kathryn
245	1	4	_aThe action research dissertation : _ba guide for students and faculty / _cKathryn Herr.
264		1	_aNew Delhi : _bSAGE Publications, _c2015.
300			_axix, 189 p. : _bill. ; _c23 cm.
505			_aForeword; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: What Is an Action Research Dissertation? The Many Faces of Action Research; Toward a Definition of Action Research; The Action Research Dissertation; 2. Action Research Traditions and Knowledge Interests; The Multiple Traditions of Action Research; Action Research and Organizational Development/Learning ;Action Science Participatory Research: The Legacy of Paulo Freire; Participatory Evaluation; Action Research and Community Psychology; Action Research in Education; The Teacher-as-Researcher Movement in Britain; The Practitioner Research Movement in North America; The Danger of Co-Optation ; Participatory Action Research with Youth: YPAR; Action Research as Narrative: Self-Study and Auto ethnography; Arts-Based Approaches to Action Research; Feminist, Post-Colonial, and Antiracist Approaches to Action Research; The Knowledge Interests of Action Research; Notes 3. The Continuum of Positionality in Action Research; Insider: Researcher Studies Own Self/Practice Insider in Collaboration With Other Insiders; Insider(s) in Collaboration With Outsider(s); PAR: Reciprocal Collaboration (Insider-Outsider Teams); PAR: Outsider(s) in Collaboration With Insider(s); Outsider(s) Studies Insider(s); Multiple Positionalities The Outsider-Within Stance as a Flawed Approach to Action Research; Conclusion; Note 4. Quality Criteria for Action Research: An Ongoing Conversation Delegitimizing Action Research: Opposition in the Academy; Redefining Rigor: Criteria of Quality for Action Research Reason and Bradbury’s Discussion of Validity and Choice Points; Addressing Bias in Action Research Are the Findings of Action Research Generalizable?;The Politics of Action Research Institutional Micro politics; The Politics of Redefining Professionalism The Politics of Knowledge The Macro politics of Action Research Projects; Note 5. Designing the Plane While Flying it: Proposing and Doing the Dissertation; Possibilities of a Pilot Study; The Dissertation Proposal; Introducing the Proposed Inquiry; Situating the Study in Relevant Literature Methodological Considerations; Data Analysis and Representation Where Do Action Research Questions Come From?; Insider Action Research Outsider Action Research; Issues of Design and Methodology; Designing Insider Action Research; Designing Outsider Action Research The Literature Review: Literature in Dialogue With the Data; Writing the Dissertation; Defending the Dissertation; 6. What Does an Action Research Dissertation Look Like?; Lynne Mock: Carving a Dissertation Out of a PAR Project; The Entry Process; Creating Participatory Structures; Writing the Dissertation; Emphasizing the Strengths of Action Research Researcher-Initiated PAR Studies; Initiating the PAR Study The Emergent Design of the PAR Process; Collaborative Data Analysis; Disseminating the Results: Multiple Forms of Representation and Audiences; John Mark Dyke: Insider Action Research; First Phase of the Work Iterative Cycles of Inquiry; The Dissertation Research Gary W. Street: A Principal Cultivating Action Research; Conclusion; Note 7. Ethical Considerations and Action Research; Working with Institutional Review Process Ethics in Practice; Authentic Collaboration; Learning to Be Researchers Who’s the Writing For?; Moving Beyond Do No Harm; 8. Final Thoughts; References Index
650		0	_aSocial sciences _xResearch.
650		0	_aAction research.
650		0	_aDissertations, Academic _xAuthorship.
650		0	_aAcademic writing.
700	1		_aAnderson, Gary L.
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