Since its first publication, Action Research: Principles and Practice
has become a key text in its field. This new updated edition clearly
describes and explains the practices of action research and its
underlying values, and introduces important new ideas, including:
- all professionals should be reflective practitioners;
- they should produce their personal theories of practice to show how
they are holding themselves accountable for their educational
influences in learning;
- the stories they produce become a new people's history of action
research, with potential for influencing new futures.
This new edition has expanded in scope, to contribute to diverse fields
including professional development across the sectors and the
disciplines. It considers the current field, including its problems as
well as its considerable hopes and prospects for new thinking and
practices. Now fully updated, this book contains:
- A wealth of case-study material
- New chapters on the educational significance of action research
- An overview of methodological and ethical discussion
The book is a valuable addition to the literature on research methods in
education and nursing and healthcare, and professional education, and
contributes to contemporary debates about the generation and
dissemination of knowledge and its potential influence for wider social
and environmental contexts.
Practitioners across the professions who are planning action research in
their own work settings will find this book a helpful introduction to
the subject while those studying on higher degree courses will find it
an indispensable resource.
