Participatory action research: theory and methods for engaged inquiry/
Jacques M. Chevalier and Daniel J. Buckles.
- New York: Routledge, 2013.
- xxi, 469 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Introduction: Engaging with Participatory Action Research -- Action Research History -- Society, Experience, Knowledge -- Module One: Grounding and Uncertainty. Creating an Action Learning System ; Managing Complexity ; Mapping the Process ; Walking the Talk. -- Module Two: Fact Finding and Listening. Reinventions of the Wheel ; Seeking Evidence and Consensus. -- Module Three: Exploring Problems. Getting to the Root ; Factors and Reasons. -- Module 4: Knowing the Actors. Stakeholder Identification ; Stakeholder Analysis ; Positions and Values. -- Module Five: Assessing Options. Blue Sky Thinking ; Into the Future. -- Module Six: Understanding Systems. Contributing to Change ; System Dynamics ; Domain Analysis ; Breaking the Dependency on Tobacco Production. -- Conclusion: Rethinking Higher Education and the Discovery Process.
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Action research. Participant Observation. Social sciences--Research--Methodology