The Action Research Planner Doing Critical Participatory Action Rese

A fully-updated and reworked version of the classic book by Stephen Kemmis and Robin McTaggart​, now joined by Rhonda Nixon, The Action Research Planner is a detailed guide to developing and conducting a critical participatory action research project

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Stephen Kemmis • Robin McTaggart  Rhonda Nixon

The Action Research Planner Doing Critical Participatory Action Research

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Stephen Kemmis Charles Sturt University Wagga Wagga New South Wales Australia

Rhonda Nixon Victoria University British Columbia Canada

Robin McTaggart Griffith University Gold Coast Queensland Australia

ISBN 978-981-4560-66-5    ISBN 978-981-4560-67-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-981-4560-67-2 Springer Singapore Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2013951822 © Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2014 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

Contents

1  Introducing Critical Participatory Action Research...............................    1 Why We Wrote this Book ����������������������������������������������������������������������������    1 The Changing Field of Action Research �����������������������������������������������������    4 The Things Only Participatory Research Can Do ���������������������������������    4 An Example: Recycling at Braxton High School, Canada �������������������������    7 Action Research History: Different Kinds, Foci and Purposes of Action Research ��������������������������������������������������������    8 Different Kinds of Action Research ��������