Participatory Activist Research in the Globalised World Social Change Through the Cultural Professions /

• Main Authors: lisahunter (Author), Emerald, Elke (Author), Martin, Gregory (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Explorations of Educational Purpose, 26
• Subjects: Education.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Educational sociology.; Education and sociology.; Sociology, Educational.; Sociology of Education.; Educational Policy and Politics.

Action research was conceived as a method of collaborative, self-reflective problem-solving in a community context. Yet many believe it has evolved too far away from its original, directly activist roots. As a direct response to calls for a rejuvenation of the social agenda of ‘action research’, thi...