Action Research: 3 - Hardcover

Stringer, Ernest (Ernie) T.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1412952220 ISBN 13: 9781412952224

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2007

Synopsis

'Stringer's book on action research provides an accessible introduction to conducting participatory inquiries for social change...This is a very good introductory volume that can spark ideas, discussions, and (self-) reflection on how to better link theory and practice' - Forum: Qualitative Research

Thoroughly revised and updated, the scope of the Third Edition has been broadened to include the literature and theoretical movements that have taken place since the previous edition. Updated web links and expanded appendices provide cutting edge information on action research along with new case studies and examples as well as an expanded section on doing a literature review.

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Review

'Stringer's book on action research provides an accessible introduction to conducting participatory inquiries for social change...This is a very good introductory volume that can spark ideas, dicussions, and (self-) reflection on how to better link theory and practice'
-- Forum: Qualitative Social Research, Vol.10, No.1, Art.10, January 2009

About the Author

Ernest T. Stringer is author of numerous influential books on action research, including Action Research in Education (2008), Action Research in Health (with Bill Genat, 2004), and Action Research in Human Services (with Rosalie Dwyer, 2005). After an early career as primary teacher and school principal, Stringer served as lecturer in education at Curtin University of Technology in Western Australia. From the mid-eighties, based at Curtin’s Centre for Aboriginal Studies, he worked collaboratively with Aboriginal staff and community people to develop a wide variety of innovative and highly successful education and community development programs and services. As visiting professor at the University of New Mexico and Texas A&M, he has taught research methods courses and engaged in projects with African American and Latino community and neighborhood groups. As a UNICEF consultant, he recently engaged in a major project to increase parent participation in the schools in East Timor. Stringer has served (until prior to publication of this book) as a member of the editorial board of the Action Research Journal and is past president of the Action Learning and Action Research Association (ALARA).

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1412952220
• ISBN 13: 9781412952224
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 304