Promoting Change through Action Research

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vi

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2. Promoting Change through Action Research

   • Franz Rauch, Angela Schuster, Thomas Stern, Maria Pribila, Andrew Townsend

   Pages 1-5

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3. Weaving the Threads of Practice and Research

   • Andrew Townsend

   Pages 7-22

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4. Inclusive Sports in Styrian Schools

   • Heinz Tippl

   Pages 23-34

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5. Practitioner Collaboration at a Grade Four Mathematics Classroom

   • Sharada Gade

   Pages 35-47

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6. Using Drawing Images in Educational Research

   • Gwadabe Kurawa, Garba Azare

   Pages 49-63

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7. Quality Criteria for Schools Focussing on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)

   • Christine Lechner, Franz Rauch

   Pages 65-76

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8. Utilizing Action Research for Learning Process Skills and Mindsets

   • Barbara Lesjak

   Pages 77-85

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9. Making a Difference in Changing Times – The Value of Research in Challenging Traditional Training Practice and Supporting Collaborative Learning

   • Alison Cutler

   Pages 87-99

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10. Synergistic Cooperation of School-Based Action Research with University-Based Didactic Investigations

    • Elisabeth Langer, Leopold Mathelitsch, Veronika Rechberger

    Pages 101-107

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11. What does it Mean to be a Teacher Researcher? a Turkish Perspective

    • Irem Kizilaslan

    Pages 109-116

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12. Changing Teaching Practice Using Information and Communication Technology

    • Geitza Rebolledo, Violeta Requena, Edward Meléndez

    Pages 117-134

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13. The Reflective Perspective of Narrative in Educational Action Research

    • Vassilis Tsafos

    Pages 135-145

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14. Participatory Research in Social Work

    • Maria Anastasiadis, Arno Heimgartner, Helga Kittl-Satran, Michael Wrentschur

    Pages 147-162

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15. Dialogical Participatory Action Research in Social Work Using Delta-Reflecting Teams

    • Ann-margreth E. Olsson

    Pages 163-172

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16. Participatory Research in the Field of Social Pedagogy in Croatia

    • Ivana Jeđud Borić, Anja Mirosavljević

    Pages 173-192

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17. Creating a Community of Reflective Practice

    • Cathy Sharp

    Pages 193-205

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18. Engaging with the Community to Enhance Primary Health Care

    • Vivian R. Ramsden, Shari Mckay, Shirley Bighead, Gail Boucher, Carrie Bourassa, Peter Butt et al.

    Pages 207-234

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19. Appraising Brazilian Deprived Communities’ Capitals for Planning an Action Research Project1

    • Margareth Santos Zanchetta, Bukola Salami, Wilson Galhego Garcia, Emily Belita, Thiago De Souza, Rodrigo Caldas et al.

    Pages 235-249

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“Bringing a different world into existence – Action Research as a trigger for innovations” was the overarching theme and vision of the international CARN Conference 2011 in Vienna. The chapters in this book are drawn mainly from conference contributions. The authors share practical knowledge which has arisen from their work, and reflect on development processes in schools, in teacher education and professional development, social work, social peda¬gogy, health care and community development. This book offers what some critics believe has been missing in recent action research literature, namely first person accounts of action researchers who endeavour to change working conditions and social relations in their environment through the conduct of action research. This book is also distinguished by assembling contributions from people who are linking action research to a broad diversity of differing contexts, and who are exploring topics or issues across various applications of action research.

• Action Research
• Change
• International Case Studies

• Institute of Instructional and School Development, University of Klagenfurt, Austria

  Franz Rauch, Angela Schuster, Thomas Stern, Maria Pribila

• School of Education, University of Nottingham, UK

  Andrew Townsend

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