When I think back on my year in Action Research the common theme is my deep gratitude for the opportunies for community and collaboration the year brought. This speaks to what I consider one of the fundamental values that underlie our practice—the notion that working together we learn more, accomplish more, and grow closer to […]
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In issue 8(4) of ARJ we have the first of a new review format. It strikes me that a great way to share news of new publications in the field of action research is to post a short review on the blog. More formal reviews, however, will be picked up by the journal. Dr. Donna Ladkin starts […]
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Last of the new papers to be introduced from the upcoming ARJ, issue 8(4) … Esther Prins from The Pennsylvania State University writes about the use of participatory photography. Esther’s article examines the unanticipated problems the author and participants encountered when encouraging the stakeholders in their work to use photography as a way to represent their world. […]
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Next in my short series of introductions to upcoming publications in ARJ … in which I also add some reflections on what I see as implications for the work described coming to scale: Laura Smith and colleagues from Teachers College, Columbia University, USA, Lucinda Bratini, Debbie-Ann Chambers, Russell Vance Jensen and LeLaina Romero bring a window to the […]
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For my AR class, I have been asked to describe the values that inform my research. Â I am firmly rooted in a scientific-spiritual understanding of the universe. Â Bradbury and Reason (2001) provide an excellent introduction to this point of view in their “On the nature of the given cosmos” (p. 8). Â Please a take a […]
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