Since the founding of Action Research journal in 2003, we have had the immodest aim to help recover and transform social science. Our intent has been to assist the Academy, as well as the public and private sector, in discovering additions and alternatives to heretofore “ivory tower,” materialist-positivist research and practice. We continue to extend […]
Read More...A blog by Danielle Treacy. “In a recent cross-cultural research project that aimed to co-develop music teacher education (https://sites.uniarts.fi/web/globalvisions), I worked collaboratively with educators in Kathmandu, Nepal. I intentionally used appreciative inquiry to navigate ethical issues related to power and ethnocentrism. Long after the project had ended, unintended consequences and situations caused me feelings of […]
Read More...Action Research: Transforming Knowledge Systems and Science Manifesto We, the undersigned global leaders and friends of Action Research are committed as a community to doing work that brings distinctive positive impact through the collaborative character of our research/practice.
Read More...For our session on covenantal ethics at the upcoming World Congress we’ve drafted up some case studies related to ethics in community-based research. These examples are intended to guide our reflection and discussion related to the application of the covenantal ethics approach to specific situations. The following case study is very loosely based on Catherine […]
Read More...“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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