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• Title:Participatory activist research in the globalised world : social change through the cultural professions / by Lisa Hunter, Elke Emerald, Gregory Martin.
  
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• Author/Creator:Hunter, Lisa.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:emerald, elke.
  Martin, Gregory.
  
• Published/Created:Dordrecht ; London : Springer, 2013.
  

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  • Location:EDUCATION LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: H62 .H86 2013b
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:c.1 On loan - Due on 06-04-2024
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Action research.
  
• Description:xxiii, 238 p. ; 24 cm.
  
• Series:Explorations of educational purpose ; v. 26.
  
• ISBN:9789400744257 (hbk.)
  9400744250 (hbk.)
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction
  Action or Activism?
  Guiding/Clarifying Questions
  Extending Your Reading
  References
  pt. A Bigger Picture
  2. Pasts, Presents and Futures: An Overview of the Action Research Family
  What Is Action Research?
  Types of AR and Key Features of AR
  History
  Action Research in Education and Beyond
  Guiding/Clarifying Questions
  Extending Your Reading
  References
  3. Theoretical Orientations: Critical Theory and Related Theories for Activism
  Critical Theory/ies
  Gender Studies
  Race Theory
  Critical Pedagogy
  Queer Theory
  Guiding/Clarifying Questions
  Extending Your Reading
  References
  4. Where Do You Stand: Philosophical Orientations
  Where Do You Stand?
  Ontology
  Epistemology
  Ethics
  Metaphor to Help Locate Where You Stand
  Guiding/Clarifying Questions
  Extending Your Reading
  References
  pt. B Doing this Stuff
  5. Methodology of Activism in Research
  Methodology
  Cyclical Nature of the Methodology
  So How Do I Get Started?
  Principles to Guide Methodology
  Guiding/Clarifying Questions
  Extending Your Reading
  References
  6. Methods of Constructing Field Texts
  Systematic Observation
  Frequency and Duration of Observations
  Proximity of Knowledge: Biases, Inferences, Values, Beliefs, Objectivity and Subjectivity
  Systematic Observation Tools
  Surveys, Questionnaires and Other Pen and Paper Instruments
  Interviews
  Structural Variations in Interviews
  Interview Schedule
  Interview Conduct
  Recording Interview Responses
  Sampling
  Stories/Narrative Inquiry
  Critical Incidents
  Documents as Data
  Important Note to You as a Researcher
  Guiding/Clarifying Questions
  Extending Your Reading
  References
  7. Methods of Analysing Field Texts to Construct Research Texts
  Critical Discourse Analysis
  Critical Incidents, Critiquing Incidents and Ideology Critique
  Narrative Analysis, Textual Analysis and Thematic Analysis
  Narrative Analysis
  Example of Narrative Inquiry
  Thematic Analysis
  Identifying Themes in Thematic Analysis
  Descriptive Statistics
  Content/Document Analysis
  Guiding/Clarifying Questions
  Extending Your Reading
  References
  pt. C Going Public
  8. Difficulties, Limitations and Cautions
  Trust
  Limitations and Cautions
  Blind or Manipulative Power Dressed Up as Emancipation or Empowerment
  Partiality, Fluidity and Complexity
  Focus
  Winners and Losers
  Reflecting on Limitations and Cautions
  Guiding/Clarifying Questions
  Extending Your Reading
  References
  9. Checklist for Activist Research(ers)
  Who Is Involved? Forming the Team Through Trust, Participation and Communication
  What Is the Purpose/Issue/Problem and Focus of the Project
  What Is the Puzzling Business of the Research Question?
  How Can We Work Ethically and Meet Formal Institutional Ethics Requirements?
  How Do We Understand What Is Currently Going On?
  Reconnaissance and Constructing Initial Field Texts in the Given Context
  What Is Going To Be Our Focus? Reflecting on Reconnaissance Field Texts
  What Is the Project? Turning Your Research Question/Puzzle into a Project
  What Does the First Cycle Look Like? Plan, Act, Observe and Reflect
  What Do We Do After Cycle One?
  How Will We Know When To Stop?
  How Do We Manage Ending the Project? Exits and Conclusions
  How Do We Disseminate Our Findings? Writing About the Research
  Conclusion
  Guiding/Clarifying Questions
  Extending Your Reading
  References
  10. LEAPing into Youth Work: PA'R in a Cultural Profession
  Reconnaissance
  Background
  Clearing House: Power and Resistance
  Clearing House: Ideology Critique
  Plan
  Act and Observe
  Reflect
  Cycle Two
  Guiding/Clarifying Questions
  Extending Your Reading
  References
  11. Activist Research in the Cultural Professions
  Guiding/Clarifying Questions
  Extending Your Reading
  12. Presenting Your Research for an Audience, or `Going Public'
  Note on Using Appropriate Language
  How to Read This Chapter
  How to Write Your Report
  Writing the Abstract/Executive Summary
  Writing the Introduction
  Writing the Research Puzzle or Question
  Writing the Literature Review
  Writing the Methodology
  Writing the Reconnaissance or Background of the Project
  Writing Cycle One
  Writing Cycle Two
  Writing the Findings, Discussion and/or Conclusion
  Other Ways to Disseminate Your Findings
  Guiding/Clarifying Questions
  Extending Your Reading
  References
  13. Conclusion
  References
  Appendix
  Plan
  Act
  Observe
  Reflect
  References.