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The third edition of the SAGE Handbook of Action Research presents a fully updated version of the bestselling text, including new chapters written by key figures in the field covering emerging areas in healthcare, social work, education and international development, as well as an expanded ‘skills’ section which includes new consultant-relevant materials. Building on the strength of the previous editions, editor Hilary Bradbury has carefully developed the third edition to take a strong international approach to the topic of action research and thus expanding the already-impressive scale and scope of the work. In essence, the third edition follows in the footsteps of the landmark previous editions by mapping the current state of the discipline, as well as looking to the future of the field and exploring the issues at the cutting edge of the action research paradigm today. This volume is an essential resource for scholars and professionals engaged in social and political inquiry, organizational research and education.
How Change Happens: The Implications of Complexity and Systems Thinking for Action Research
How Change Happens: The Implications of Complexity and Systems Thinking for Action Research
Action research is about stimulating change, and learning from it, and stimulating more change and learning from it. This is not a straightforward process. Sometimes we take action and nothing happens, sometimes we act and something quite different to what we expected happens, sometimes our action seems to be successful, but over time things start to look just like they looked before, sometimes what we think is success is quite different to what someone else in the system thinks is success. Systems thinking and complexity theory help us to understand why this is. They help us to understand the nature of change, and what it is ...
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