New Directions in Action Research

Abstract

Some principles and procedures for the conduct of action research, Richard Winter reflexivity in emancipatory action research - illustrating the researcher's constitutiveness, Susan Hall got a philosophical match? does it matter?, Mary Melrose collaborative, self-critical and reciprocal inquiry through memory work, Michael Schratz emancipatory action research for management and organizational development, Ortrun Zuber-Skerritt towards empowering leadership - the importance of imagining, Shirley Grundy emancipatory action research - a critical alternative to personnel development or a new way of patronizing people, Richard Weiskopf becoming critical of action research for development, Graham Webb exposing discourses through action research, Leonie Jennings and Anne Graham managing change through action research - a postmodern perspective on appraisal, Jack Sanger emancipatory aspirations in a postmodern era Stephen Kemmis issues for participatory action researchers, Robin McTaggart.