A Handbook for Exploratory Action Research

Praxis: a Paradigm for Action Research

Action research is a research methodology with a dual purpose (action and research). Action research as other research approach is led through a paradigm or a philosophical perspective. This article briefly describes paradigm, research paradigm and discuss about “which paradigm (positivism, interpretive, or praxis) does cover action research?”.

A Process for Developing the Statement of Internet Research Ethics based on Action Research Method

Background: Research ethics in cyberspace or Internet research ethics (IRE) is a subset of applied ethics that aims to study, introduce, and apply ethical codes for guiding research activities in cyberspace. The compilation of the ethical statement is based on two methods of documentary research and action research. The action research process is implemented in four stages: 1) diagnosis, 2) act...

Handbook of Action Research Participative Inquiry and Practice

I do not separate my scientific inquiry from my life. For me it is really a quest for life, to understand life and to create what I call living knowledge—knowledge which is valid for the people with whom I work and for myself. Marja­Liisa Swantz Knowledge is always gained through action and for action. From this starting point, to question the validity of social knowledge is to question, not ho...

A Handbook for Value Chain Research

We are grateful to colleagues in both our individual institutions and in the Spreading the Gains from Globalisation Network (particularly those participating in the Bellagio Workshop in September 2000) for discussions around many of the issues covered in this Handbook and also to Lest anyone feel overwhelmed by the depth of detail in this Handbook, especially with respect to the sections on met...

A Review on the International Handbook of Suicide Prevention: Research, Policy and Practice