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Bridging Two Different Worlds in the Search of Meaning

A blog inspired by: Marti, J. (2016). Measuring in action research: Four ways of integrating quantitative methods in participatory dynamics. Journal of Action Research,14(2): 168-183. As a new PhD student in social sciences coming straight from business school I feel comfortable using the language of numbers, and I tend to see myself as quantitative person. However, […]

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Challenge Routines to Transform your Practice

Challenge Routines to Transform your Practice

A blog inspired by Kane, R., & Chimwayange, C. (2014). Teacher action research and student voice: Making sense of learning in secondary school. Action Research,12(1), 52-77 I am interested to see how action research is used in educational settings, in part because I have worked at different educational levels, from middle school to college. This research shed […]

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The Complex Puzzle Game: Systemic Action Research

The Complex Puzzle Game: Systemic Action Research

A blog inspired by Burns, D. (2014). Systemic action research: Changing system dynamics to support sustainable change. Action Research, 12(1), 3-18. I chose this article to learn the basics of systems thinking and to understand how to apply systems thinking in action research. Reading this article made me think of puzzle games and how complex they […]

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Researchers Become the Researched

Researchers become the researched

A blog inspired by Zhang, Z., Fyn, D., Langelotz, L., Lönngren, McCorquodale, L. & Nehez, J. (2014). Our way(s) to action research: Doctoral students’ international and interdisciplinary collective memory In addition to being doctoral students, six students from two different countries and 3 different disciplines share one thing in common—they all are drawn into the world […]

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Action Research – Building Momentum for Continuous Action

Action Research – Building Momentum for Continuous Action

A blog inspired by: Social impact and the justification of action research knowledge, Bjorn Gustavsen (2014) Similar to Newton’s Cradle, Action Research is continuous cycle of momentum, energy, and action. This article is a must read for any researcher trying to initiate action and change. You, the Action Researcher, are an agent of change. In Social impact […]

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