Foreword / Judyth Sachs and Susan Groundwater Smith -- Sect. I. Multiple Perspectives and Discourses on Action Research. 1. Themes and Tensions in US Action Research: Towards Historical Analysis / Susan E. Noffke. 2. School-based Curriculum Development and Action Research in the United Kingdom / John Elliott. 3. Practitioners, Higher Education and Government Initiatives in the Development of Action Research: The Case of Austria / Herbert Altrichter. 4. Educational Action Research in Australia: Organization and Practice / Steven Kemmis and Shirley Grundy. 5. The Examined Experience of Action Research: The Person Within the Process / Sandra Hollingsworth, Marion Dadds and Janet Miller -- Sect. II. Political/Epistemological Perspectives on Action Research. 6. Reconstructing the Politics of Action in Action Research / Susan E. Noffke and Marie Brennan. 7. Educative Research: Acting on Power Relations in the Classroom / Andrew Gitlin and Johanna Hadden.
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How people from educational settings worlwide conduct research together is the focus of this book. It examines the impact of action research on educational reform, and considers its influence on professions such as social work and nursing.
Action research in education, Cross-cultural studies.