I’ve been on vacation, tucked away in a little corner of the lake region in South Dakota where my husband’s family has a couple lake cabins where we all converge and reconnect each summer. One of my children, Ethan, is here along with his cousins, Adam and Gavin. Last night they were lighting sparklers around […]
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Before I was an action researcher, I was a feminist researcher/scholar. I had done feminist qualitative research, taking into account whose voice was being heard, the power dynamics within the research process, and the gendered lens which I explored my topic. As an action researcher I learned a lot from feminist theory and methodology. I […]
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Engaging communities really begins with engaging individuals. I have written recently about voice, building capacity, representing communities, and engaging communities. My own dissertation work with adolescent mothers opened my eyes to a new way of engaging people in discussion through photography. I am not an artist. I am not a professional photographer. I AM visually […]
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“Ethical reasoning requires a different form of intellectual engagement than that of scientific analysis.” (McKee & Porter, 2008. 724) Ethical reasoning, these authors suggest, requires instead “what Aristotle calls phronesis, or the art of practical judgment.” My own introduction to this concept and its relationship to the theory and practice of action research comes from […]
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This week I have asked action researcher, Dr. Christy Borders, to introduce an action research study she and Dr. Suzanne Ehrlich are working on together. Dr. Borders is an Assistant Professor in Special Education (Deaf/Hard of Hearing) at Illinois State University. If you have questions or comments, please feel free to post a comment here. […]
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