Dusty Columbia Embury
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Dusty Columbia Embury
Weaving Community-University Research and Action Partnerships for environmental justice
This article is a case study of one Community-University Research and Action Partnership (CURAP) focused on soil lead, urban gardening, and environmental justice in Sacramento, California. We argue that creating and sustaining CURAPs requires a process of weaving together diverse strands of knowledge, resources, and lines of accountability that connect all parties involved. Like the […]
Read More...Comments on Systematic Methodologies of Action Research in the New Millennium: A Review of Publications 2000 – 2014
Action research was introduced in China in 1980s and has become popular from kindergartens to universities. Inspired by existing AR studies, we have initiated an international project the Action Research on Curriculum Development of Human Values in Education in Schools of Mainland China since 2000, collaborating with primary schools, Education Bureau and overseas experts, and […]
Read More...Giving ‘power to the people’ in a Nigerian hospital: From evaluation OVER to evaluation WITH stakeholders
Giving ‘power to the people’ in a Nigerian hospital: From evaluation over to evaluation with stakeholders This paper is a clear account of my transformation as a researcher alongside the positive impact I had on those I worked with in performing an evaluation in the healthcare sector in Nigeria. My journey from erstwhile more quantitatively […]
Read More...AR+ News – Action Research Community Update
Dear Action Researchers, Have you noticed that our new AR+ website has been refreshed? We wanted to make it easier to locate and share popular resources on good action research you can find the website at www.actionresearchplus.com We hope you enjoy the changes and share it with your students, your colleagues and anyone interested in this collaborative […]
Read More...Incremental transformation for poverty alleviation among rural women in Bangladesh
We discovered some key lessons for developmental practice through a transdisciplinary action-research project in with rural women in Bangladesh. We knew that short-term, linear, externally funded, project-based approaches to complex problems are often unsuccessful and so we had to take a different approach. What we found was that through our action research with Bangladeshi women […]
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