The Palgrave International Handbook of Action Research

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xlix

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2. Introduction

   • Lonnie L. Rowell, Catherine D. Bruce, Joseph M. Shosh, Margaret M. Riel

   Pages 1-13

3. Background and Contexts

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-19

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   2. Critical Participatory Action Research

      • Robin McTaggart, Rhonda Nixon, Stephen Kemmis

      Pages 21-35

   3. Informal Action Research: The Nature and Contribution of Everyday Classroom Inquiry

      • Clive Beck

      Pages 37-48

   4. Emancipatory Action Research as a Critical Living Praxis: From Dominant Narratives to Counternarrative

      • Margaret Ledwith

      Pages 49-62

   5. Knowledge Democracy and Action Research: Pathways for the Twenty-First Century

      • Lonnie L. Rowell, Eunsook Hong

      Pages 63-83

   6. Defining Action Research: On Dialogic Spaces for Constructing Shared Meanings

      • Lonnie L. Rowell, Margaret M. Riel, Elena Yu. Polush

      Pages 85-101

4. A World of Action Research

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 103-106

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   2. Action Research in the Canadian Context

      • Kurt W. Clausen

      Pages 107-124

   3. An Emergent History of Educational Action Research in the English-Speaking World

      • Allan Feldman

      Pages 125-145

   4. Participation and the Work of the Imagination: A Colombian Retrospective

      • Joanne Rappaport

      Pages 147-159

   5. Action Research and Participatory Research in Brazil

      • Michel Thiollent, Maria Madalena Colette

      Pages 161-176

   6. Community Action Research in Ireland: Improving Educational Outcomes Through Collaboration in the Dublin Docklands

      • Josephine Bleach

      Pages 177-188

   7. Creating a Pedagogy of Vocational Training for Young People Not in Education, Employment, or Training

      • Gil Mason, Joan Walton

      Pages 189-202

   8. The Experience of Lesson Study in the UK

      • Phil Wood, Alison Fox, Julie Norton, Maarten Tas

      Pages 203-220

   9. A Snapshot of Action Research in and by Higher Education in Southern Africa

      • Lesley Wood, Catherine Dean, Pieter du Toit, Omar Esau, Angela James, Paul Mokhele et al.

      Pages 221-234

   10. Community-Led Mapping for Empowerment: Collectivizing Adults for Action in the Slums of India

       • Manoj Rai

       Pages 235-250

   11. Learning About Action Research in and From the Middle East

       • Jean McNiff

       Pages 251-263

   12. Transformative Education for Gross National Happiness: A Teacher Action Research Project in Bhutan

       • Rosalind Cooper, Timothy Bedford

       Pages 265-278

The Palgrave International Handbook of Action Research offers a vivid portrait of both theoretical perspectives and practical action research activity and related benefits around the globe, while attending to the cultural, political, social, historical and ecological contexts that localize, shape and characterize action research. Consisting of teachers, youth workers, counselors, nurses, community developers, artists, ecologists, farmers, settlement-dwellers, students, professors and intellectual-activists on every continent and at every edge of the globe, the movement sustained and inspired by this community was born of the efforts of intellectual-activists in the mid-twentieth century specifically: Orlando Fals Borda, Paulo Freire, Myles Horton, Kurt Lewin. Cross-national issues of networking, as well as the challenges, tensions, and issues associated with the transformative power of action research are explored from multiple perspectives providing unique contributions to ourunderstanding of what it means to do action research and to be an action researcher. This handbook sets a global action research agenda and map for readers to consider as they embark on new projects.

• Action Research
• Action research networks
• Activism
• Alternative globalization
• Classroom Inquiry
• Collaboration
• Collaborative Action Research
• Conferences
• Critical Inquiry
• Critical Participatory Action Research
• Cross Cultural Work
• Democracy
• Development
• Dialogue
• Educational action research
• Emancipatory Action Research
• Empowerment

“The Palgrave International Handbook of Action Research is a rich source of examples and typologies of Action Research together with substantial debates and challenges in the field. It provides a comprehensive revision of Action Research across its numerous debates, with a brilliant wide-ranging international perspective. This book is a must-read for both young and experienced scholars, along with those who are not yet in the field, but are interested in Action Research.” (Carmen Martinez-Vargas, Educational Action Research, September, 2018)

• School of Leadership & Education Sciences, University of San Diego, San Diego, USA

  Lonnie L. Rowell

• School of Education, Trent University, Peterborough, Canada

  Catherine D. Bruce

• Education Department, Moravian College, Bethlehem, USA

  Joseph M. Shosh

• Center for Collaborative Action Research, Pepperdine University, Los Angeles, USA

  Margaret M. Riel

Lonnie L. Rowell is Associate Professor of Counseling in the School of Leadership and Education Sciences at the University of San Diego, USA. He is an Editor for Educational Action Research and was Founding Chair of the Action Research Network of the Americas.

Joseph M. Shosh is Professor and Chair of the Department of Education at Moravian College, USA, and Chair of the Executive Committee of the Action Research Network of the Americas. He is the recipient of the National Council of Teachers of English Paul and Kate Farmer English Journal Writing Award, the James N. Moffett Award for Classroom Research, and Cornell University’s Merrill Scholar Teaching Award.

Catherine D. Bruce is Associate Professor at Trent University, Canada. Her research involves collaborative action research with educators in classrooms to bridge research and practice gaps in education. She is passionate in her conviction that all learners are capable of success in mathematics. Her research areas include teacher and student efficacy and models of professional learning.

Margaret M. Riel is Director of the Center for Collaborative Action Research and a member of the Action Research Network of the Americas Executive Committee. Her goal is to help innovative global educators transform their practices to ones that are informed and guided by action research.

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