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The Future of Action Research in Education

A Canadian Perspective

edited by Kurt W. Clausen & Glenda Black

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Initial publish date
Jul 2020
Category
General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780228000983
    Publish Date
    Jul 2020
    List Price
    $45.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780228000976
    Publish Date
    Jul 2020
    List Price
    $140.00

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While the action research community across Canada is a vibrant one, it remains scattered, dismissed as rootless and still unproven. This book illuminates action research as a vital and long-established Canadian perspective, taking stock of its use in education by a wide array of scholars and practitioners. Reflecting an inclusive range of viewpoints from twenty-two scholars across the nation, chapters show without question that action research - encompassing collaborative, iterative, and practice-based research - is a growing field in Canada. Authors bring a range of experiences that speak to the many facets of this movement. They discuss historical foundations, individual and large-scale projects dealing with a multitude of subject areas and educational practices, and participatory methods that speak to the discipline's capacity to engage with the pressing social issues of our time. A timely intervention that threads the field together and serves as both a reference and a guide to further work, The Future of Action Research in Education draws clear links between the past and future and maps bold new directions for this approach.

About the authors

Kurt W. Clausen is professor of education at Nipissing University and the editor in chief of the Canadian Journal of Action Research.

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Glenda L. Black is associate professor of education at Nipissing University and vice-president of the Canadian Association of Action Research in Education.

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