Action research dissertation: a guide for students and faculty /
Kathryn Herr , Gary L. Anderson.
- New Delhi: Sage, 2005.
- xvii, 176 p.
Foreward - Pat Maguire Preface Introduction: What is an Action Research Dissertation?Action Research Traditions and Knowledge Interests The Multiple Traditions of Action Research Action Research and Organizational Development/Learning Participatory Research: The Legacy of Paulo Freire Action Research in Education Emerging Approaches to Action Research The Knowledge interests of Action Research The Continuum of Positionality in Action Research Insider: Researcher Studies Own Self/Practice Insider in Collaboration with Other Insiders Insider Initiated Studies with Outsiders PAR: Reciprocal Collaboration (Insider-Outsiders Teams) PAR: Outsider Initiated Studies with Insiders Outsider(s) Studies Insider(s)Quality Criteria for Action Research: An Ongoing Conversation Delegitimizing Action Research: Opposition in the Academy Redefining Rigor: Criteria of Quality for Action Research Are the Findings of Action Research "Generalizable"? The Politics of Action ResearchDesigning the Plane While Flying it: Proposing and Doing the Dissertation The Dissertation Proposal Where Do Action Research Questions Come from? Issues of Design and Methodology The Literature Review: Literature in Dialogue with the Data Writing the Dissertation Defending the Dissertation What does a Participatory Action Research Dissertation look like? Lynne Mock: Carving a Dissertation Out of a Participatory Action Research Project Alice McIntyre: Initiating a Participatory Action Research GroupAction Research, Ethics, and the Institutional Review Board Background to the Creation of the IRB The Role of the Institutional Review Board Final Thoughts References Appendix A Index
Shows that action research is appropriate not only for a dissertation, but also a deeply rewarding experience for both the researcher and participants. This book helps students understand the ways action dissertations are different from more traditional dissertations and prepares students and their committees for the unique dilemmas they may face.