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Got Mixed Methods?
Orozco, Got mixed methods? By Diana Orozco A blog inspired by the AR article: Measuring in action research: Four ways of integrating quantitative methods in participatory dynamics, Joel Marti, Action Research, 14(2), p. 168-183. Do want to know how to resolve the conflict you feel between the comfort and neutrality quantitative research provides, with the […]
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A New World Map
– being curious with a sense of meaning, I have done action research all my life. Now 64, it only dawned on me that it was in fact first-person-action research when I received Judi Marshall’s book with the same title. My field is not management but applied live spirituality. I am now looking to draw […]
Read More...Women Battling Diabetes, One Group at a Time
Inspired by the article “Inside the PAR group: The group dynamics of women learning to live with diabetes”, Fatemeh Adii, Isabel Higgins, and Tina Koch, Action Research 10(4) 373–386 I work for a wellness company that is contracted by a grocery store chain to help employees improve their everyday lifestyles through nutrition and exercise. Along […]
Read More...Making Change Stick
Posted By Tiffany Mendoza. Inspired by Burns, D. (2013). Systemic action research: Changing system dynamics to support sustainable change. Action research,12(1), 3-18 By speaking of how to support and sustain change, the title of the article immediately drew me in. I have always been a welcome advocate of change because of how it forces me […]
Read More...The Immigrant and Her Land
By Debbie Ann Quiñones. Inspired by Blanchet-Cohen, N., & Di Mambro, G. (2015). Environmental education action research with immigrant children in schools: Space, audience, and influence. Action Research, 13 (2), 123-140. I find the premise of the Action Research project to be a little ironic: The immigrant who has left her homeland comes to America […]
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