Action Research A Methodology for Change and Development

Contents
Introduction 1
Chapter 1 – Agency, Change and the Generation of
Actionable Knowledge 11
Chapter 2 – Doing Action Research Differently 31
Chapter 3 – Action Research from the Inside: a Teacher’s Experience 62
Chapter 4 – Action Research and Radical Change in Schools 89
Chapter 5 – Action Research for Organizational Development in
Higher Education 112
Chapter 6 – Action Research in a Partnership between Regional
Companies and a University 130
Chapter 7 – Action Research in the Evaluation of a National
Programme 153
Chapter 8 – Action Research and Innovative Pedagogies
with ICT 175
Chapter 9 – Reflections on the Process of Writing this Book
and its Purposes 196
References 200
Index 213