Action research

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Title:

Action research

Author:

Stringer, Ernest T.

ISBN:

9781412952231

9781412952224

Personal Author:

Stringer, Ernest T.

Edition:

3rd ed.

Publication Information:

Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, 2007.

Physical Description:

xix, 279 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

General Note:

Previous ed.: 1999.

Contents:

1. Research in professional and public life -- 2. Theory and principles of action research -- 3. Setting the stage : planning a research process -- 4. Look : building the picture -- 5. Think : interpreting and analyzing -- 6. Act : resolving problems - planning and implementing sustainable solutions -- 7. Strategic planning for sustainable change and development -- 8. Formal reports -- 9. Understanding action research.

Abstract:

"Thoroughly revised and updated, the Third Edition is a succinct and readable text that provides clear direction to those involved in professional, organizational, and community research. Ernest T. Stringer presents detailed step-by-step procedures for engaging in effective and productive processes of inquiry."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term:

Human services -- Research.

Action research.

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Community-based action research seeks to involve as active participants those who have traditionally been called subjects and is intended to result in a practical outcome related to the lives or work of the participants. No matter the setting-organizational, institutional, or educational-there are particular skills needed to conduct action research successfully. In Action Research , author Ernest T. Stringer provides a series of tools that assist the researcher in working through the research process. The Third Edition of this popular text provides a simple but highly effective model for approaching action research: * Look: Building a picture and gathering information * Think: Interpreting and explaining * Act: Resolving issues and problems.