Full Description
Action Research in a Relational Perspective brings together an expert international academic team to present theoretical perspectives on social constructionist understandings of action research, as well as illustrative examples of action research practices within a wide range of sectors such as organizational learning, leadership development, education, mental health and health care.
Building bridges between theory and practice, this book explores themes of dialogue, relationships, tensions, power and ethics in action research projects. It examines both the great potential, and the challenges and dilemmas, of action research. It aims to inspire readers with ideas and a practical "how-to" understanding of doing action research from a social constructionist standpoint.
Action Research in a Relational Perspective will appeal to theoreticians and practitioners, senior researchers and PhD students, students, consultants, educators and managers who are interested in action research as an approach to organizational learning, team development, learning among professionals and citizens, or community development.
Contents
Part I: Action research and social constructionism. 1. Action Research: Tradition and Renewal. 2. Action Research as Ethical Practice: Coordinating Voices, Expanding Possibilities. 3. Action Research in the Perspective of Becoming: The Significance of Reflexive Dialogue. Part II: Action research: Reflexive dialogues for change. 4. Social Poetics in Action Research. 5. Leadership Development and Organizational Learning through Dialogical Process. 6. Learning New Ideas and Practices Together through Relational Action Research. 7. Developing Leadership through Action Research with Roleplaying. Part III: Emotions and tensions in action research. 8. Emotions as Inspiration for Reflexivity in Action Research. 9. Inclusion and exclusion in action research on person-centered health care: A framework for cultivating the tensions in dialogue. 10. Tensional Dialogues in Social Constructionist Collaborative Knowledge Production.
