The action research dissertation : a guide for students and faculty /
Dissertation
Kathryn Herr, Gary L. Anderson.
- Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, c2005.
- xvii, 155 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-145) and index.
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 Research Designing 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 Group Action 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
0761929916 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2004019350
Social sciences--Research. Action research. Dissertations, Academic--Authorship. Academic writing.