The Palgrave International Handbook of Action Research

<div>Part I: Background and Contexts</div><div>Introduction to Part I; Joseph M. Shosh</div><div><br></div><div>1. Critical Participatory Action Research; Robin McTaggart, Rhonda Nixon and Stephen Kemmis</div><div><br></div><div>2. Informal Action Research: The Nature and Contribution of Everyday Classroom Inquiry; Clive Beck</div><div><br></div><div>3. Emancipatory Action Research as a Critical Living Praxis: From Dominant Narrative to Counternarratives; Margaret Ledwith</div><div><br></div><div>4. Knowledge Democracy and Action Research: Pathways for the Twenty-First Century; Lonnie L. Rowell and Eunsook Hong</div><div><br></div><div>5. Defining Action Research: On Dialogic Spaces for Constructing Shared Meanings; Lonnie L. Rowell, Margaret Riel, and Elena Y. Polush,&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Part II: A World of Action Research</div><div>Introduction to Part II; Catherine D. Bruce and Lonnie L. Rowell</div><div><br></div><div>6. Action Research in the Canadian Context; Kurt W. Clausen</div><div><br></div><div>7. An Emergent History of Educational Action Research in the English Speaking World; Allan Feldman</div><div><br></div><div>8. Participation and the Work of the Imagination: A Colombian Retrospective; Joanne Rappaport</div><div><br></div><div>9. Action Research and Participatory Research in Brazil; Michel Thiollent and Maria Madalena Colette</div><div><br></div><div>10. Community Action Research in Ireland: Improving Educational Outcomes in the Dublin Docklands; Josephine Bleach</div><div><br></div><div>11. Creating a Pedagogy of Vocational Training for Young People not in Education, Employment or Training; Gil Mason and Joan Walton</div><div><br></div><div>12. The Experience of Lesson Study in the UK; Phil Wood, Alison Fox, Julie Norton, &amp; Maarten Tas</div><div><br></div><div>13. A Snapshot of Action Research in and by Higher Education in Southern Africa;</div><div>Lesley Wood, Catherine Dean, Pieter du Toit, Omar Esau, Angela James, Paul Rampaola Mokhele, &amp; Ansurie Pillay</div><div><br></div><div>14. Community Mapping for Empowerment: Collectivising Adults for Action in the Slums of India; Manoj Rai</div><div><br></div><div>15. Learning About Action Research In and From the Middle East; Jean McNiff</div><div><br></div><div>16. Transformative Education for Gross National Happiness: A Teacher Action Research Project in Bhutan; Rosalind Cooper and Timothy Bedford</div><div><br></div><div>17. Action Research in the Sri Lankan Education System: A Historical Perspective;</div><div>Godwin Kodituwakku</div><div><br></div><div>18. The Status of Action Research in the People’s Republic of China: A Review of Recent Literature; Lin Yuan</div><div><br></div><div>19. Using Action Research for Educational Reform in the Nation of Mongolia: A Catalyst for Democratic Transformation; Candace Kaye, Jadambaa Badrakh, Narantsetseg Dorjgotov, Batdelger Jamsrandorj, Baigalmaa Chultum, &amp; Altangoo Orchirbat</div><div><br></div><div>20. Educational Action Research in South Korea: Finding New Meanings in Practitioner-Based Research; Mina Kim and So Jung Kim</div><div><br></div><div>21. Transforming Educational Practice through Action Research: Three Australian Examples; Janette Bobis and Robyn Ewing</div><div><br></div><div>Part III: Action Research Networks in Local and Global Contexts</div><div>Introduction to Part III; Margaret Riel</div><div><br></div><div>22. Networking at the Grassroots: Action Research Partnerships in Education; Suzy Thomas</div><div><br></div><div>23. Practice and Theory in Action Research: Living Theories as Frameworks for Action; Jack Whitehead</div><div><br></div><div>24. Maintaining a Network of Critical Connections over Time and Space: The Case of CARN, the Collaborative Action Research Network; Ruth Balogh, Mary McAteer, &amp; Una Hanley&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>25. Action Learning and Action Research Association (ALARA): History, Culture and Sustainability; Ortrun Zuber-Skerritt and Ron Passfield</div><div><br></div><div>26. Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA); Rajesh Tandon</div><div><br></div><div>27. The Nordic Network of Action Research (NNAR): Action Research within the Tradition of Nordic Countries; Karin Rönnerman and Petri Salo</div><div><br></div><div>28. Pedagogy Education Praxis Network (P.E.P): International Research Program; Stephen Kemmis, Karin Rönnerman, and Christine Edwards-Groves</div><div><br></div><div>29. The Action Research Network of the Americas (ARNA): Constructing a New Network of North-South Convergence; Joseph M. Shosh, Lonnie L. Rowell, Margaret M. Riel, &amp; Catherine D. Bruce</div><div><br></div><div>Part IV: Challenges, Tensions, and Issues in the Expanding Conceptions of Action Research</div><div>Introduction to Part IV; Joseph M. Shosh</div><div><br></div><div>30. Ethical, Epistemic, and Political Issues in Equity-Oriented Collaborative Community-Based Research; Samara S. Foster and Ronald David Glass</div><div><br></div><div>31. Effecting a High School Culture of Writing: Issues and Dilemmas in Participatory Action Research; Terry Locke and Shaun Hawthorne</div><div><br></div><div>32. Action Research and Organizational Change in Non-Profit Human Services: Reflections on a Collaborative Action Research Approach to Working with Child, Youth, and Family Organizations; Robert Urquhart and Michael Wearing</div><div><br></div><div>33. Donor Influence in Community-Based Action Research: &nbsp;A Typology for Advancing Reflexive Decision Making to Protect Participatory Values; David P. Moxley, Valerie Thompson, &amp; Zermarie Deacon</div><div><br></div><div>34. Praxis and Axis: Theory as Practice in a Melanesian Case Study; Anitra Nelson and Natalie Moxham</div><div></div><div>35. Through a Lens of Reinterpretation: Roles in Facilitated Action Research; Rachel Perry and Tim McGarry</div><div><br></div><div>36. Inside the Outside: Reflections on a Researcher’s Positionality / Multiple “I’s”; Nathalis Wamba</div><div><br>37. Digital Technology in Service of Action Research; Margaret Riel</div><div><br></div><div>38. Toward the Construction of a Local Knowledge Base on Teaching and Learning by and for Teachers and Learners; Joseph M. Shosh</div><div><br></div><div>39. Action Research and the Development of Expertise: Rethinking Teacher Education; Margaret Riel and Lonnie L. Rowell</div><div><br></div><div>Part V: Case Studies in Action Research</div><div>Introduction to Part V: Case Studies of Action Research: Looking Towards Cross-Case Analysis; Catherine D. Bruce</div><div><br></div><div>40. Arts-based and Participatory Action Research with Recycling Cooperatives; Jutta Gutberlet, Bruno de Oliveira Jayme &amp; Crystal Tremblay</div><div><br></div><div>41. Border Pedagogy and Orientación y Tutoría: A Case Study of USA-Mexico Collaborative Action Research; Shelley Barajas-Leyva and Lonnie L. Rowell</div><div><br></div><div>42. E-readers’ Impact on Early Readers’ Engagement and Literacy Achievement; Alicia Wenzel and Cheryl Peterson</div><div><br></div><div>43. Commentary on the Action Research Laboratory: A US School-Based Action Research Program; Joseph C. Senese</div><div><br></div><div>44. Fostering a School-Community Partnership for Mutual Learning and Development: A Participatory Action Learning and Action Research Approach; Lesley Wood and Bruce Damons</div><div><br></div><div>Part VI: Looking Ahead</div><div>Introduction to Part VI; Joseph M. Shosh and Lonnie L. Rowell</div><div><br></div><div>45. Learning Together: Dialogue, Collaboration, and Reciprocal Transformation in a Nicaraguan Educational Program; Sharon M. Ravitch, Matthew J. Tarditi, Nayibe Montenegro, Duilio Baltodano, &amp; Eveling Estrada</div><div><br></div><div>46. Participatory Action Research for Recovery of the Senses and Sources of Historic Memory; Cesar Osario-Sanchez</div><div><br></div><div>47. Linking Foresight and Action: Toward a Futures Action Research; José Ramos</div><div><br></div><div>48. Towards a Strategic Agenda for Global Action Research: Reflections on Alternative Globalization; Lonnie L. Rowell, Ruth Balogh, Ortrun Zuber-Skerrit, Christine Edwards-Groves, Doris Santos, &amp; Joseph M. Shosh &nbsp;</div>