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Action Research
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 361
EAN: 9780761917137
Edition: 2nd
ISBN: 0761917136
Label: Sage Publications, Inc
Manufacturer: Sage Publications, Inc
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: June 29, 1999
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Studio: Sage Publications, Inc
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Editorial Review:"The language of the book is eminently accessible to practitioners who may be unfamiliar with typical research parlance... Every procedure described is accompanied by step-by-step instructions. The novice will surely appreciate being helped at each juncture as well as the professional, who will find the details useful precisely because the approach differs so dramatically from what is normally found in a research methods text."
--from the Foreword by Egon G. Guba Community-based action research seeks to involve as active participants those who have traditionally been called subjects and is intended to result in a practical outcome related to the lives or work of the participants. No matter the setting-organizational, institutional, or educational-there are particular skills needed to conduct action research successfully. Author Ernest T. Stringer provides a series of tools that assist the researcher in working through the research process. Action Research, Second Edition provides a simple but highly effective model for approaching action research: * Look: Building a picture and gathering information * Think: Interpreting and explaining * Act: Resolving issues and problems Thoroughly revised and updated in this second edition, the scope of the book has been broadened to include university and other bureaucratic settings. New end-of-chapter summaries provide a practical checklist for researchers and an appendix provides an entry into the world of electronic resources. Clear, concise, and always pragmatic, Action Research, Second Edition is a must for the library of professionals and students involved in the research enterprise.
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Rating:  - Professional development made easy
Professional development is always a work in progress. For education students, teachers (at all levels),HR managers and many others, this book will provide you with the tools and guidance for ongoing reflective practice. Not only is this a guide to action research, but also provides a fantastic bibliography to research other authors on this subject and an extensive list of websites that are appropriate and very helpful. You will be thoroughly prepared for conducting your own action research with ... Read More
Rating:  - Very well written book on participatory action research
I read the first edition of this book and found it to be a wealth of good information laid out in a clear, straightforward manner that can be used successfully by students. I teach an advanced undergraduate methods course in anthropology and have used this book as one of the texts. Although it does not say everything about the topic, it covers all the basics very well so that it can be either used as a textbook or used by an action research practitioner.
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