Part I: What do we know? The principles of action research -- How do we come to know? Linking theory and practice -- Who has influenced our thinking? Key theorists in action research -- What do we need to know? How can we develop our work? -- Part II: What do we do? The practices of action research -- How to do action research -- Practical issues -- Making sense of data and generating evidence -- Validating claims to knowledge -- Part III: How do we share our knowledge? Stories from action research -- Action research in the home / Christopher McCormack -- Expect the unexpected / Conchur o Muimhneachain -- Where will we put the computer? / Ray O'Neill -- My involvement in action research / Kevin McDermott -- Part IV: Contributing to good social orders through education -- Action research and good social orders -- Significance of the work -- Epilogue: An educative conversation / Jean McNiff and Jack Whitehead.