Action research: Tradition and renewal

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    Abstract

    The chapter offers an introduction to the history of action research, presents a brief literature review and explains how action research can be understood in a social constructionist view. The major focus in this chapter is how people co-construct knowledge, learning and change together through action research and gives an insight of the special characteristics when approaching action research from a social constructionist stance. There is no “short answer” to the question “What is action research from a social constructionist stance?” However, the aim of this chapter is to provide the reader with an overall idea and inspiration to seek more knowledge by delving deeper into the further chapters of the book. It is our hope that the chapter, and the book as such, will encourage postgraduate students, PhD students and senior researchers to engage reflexively in action research processes with enthusiasm, as well as with ethical concerns for the participants, the surroundings and the process itself.
    Translated title of the contributionAktionsforskning - tradition og fornyelse
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationAction Research in a Relational Perspective : Dialogue, Reflexivity, Power and Ethics
    EditorsLone Hersted, Ottar Ness, Søren Frimann
    Number of pages14
    Place of PublicationLondon & New York
    PublisherRoutledge
    Publication date22 Jul 2019
    Edition1
    Pages3-16
    Chapter1
    ISBN (Print)978-0-367-25722-4
    ISBN (Electronic)9780429289408
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 22 Jul 2019
    SeriesRoutledge Advances in Research Methods

    Keywords

    • action research
    • social construction
    • co-construction
    • action research history

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