As a newcomer to the study of education, I have only recently been introduced to P. Freire (1970). I love his ideas, suggested methods, and hope in education as a vehicle for positive-equitable social change. I have decided to work Freire’s dialogical approach into a course I am teaching call Spaceship Earth: Theory and Practice. […]
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Is it time?…yes it is!…it’s time to pop my head up and grant public expression to the awe and gratitude I feel for what the team at the Action Research Center at UCinn have launched with this ARJ Journal blog. When the board members of ARJ first talked about a blog we had no idea what […]
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Writing in the conclusion to the Special Issue on Ethics and Action Research, Davydd Greenwood, Olav Eikeland and I suggested that we “develop strategies for making the results of research of direct benefit to community” and “develop innovative strategies for disseminating the results of our work”. But the hiring committees and reappointment, promotion, and tenure […]
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In a world of globalization and exchange of information at a fast pace, it seems impossible to live without modern technology. My question is, how many of us are using technology in classroom to conduct action research projects that engage students? In a course I am currently taking, one of my group partners, a secondary […]
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This weekend I read an article in the New York Times that talked about a food revolution for low-income people. Dennis Derryck is the owner of a 92 acre farm in Schoharie County, NY. He has created a unique community supported agricultural program (CSA) to help provide residents in the Bronx with healthy food. As some […]
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