Reflections on the Sage Encyclopedia of Action Research and what it says about action research and its methodologies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6134591 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bob Dick (0000-0002-1674-2688, Chapel Hill, Queensland, Australia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 431-444 |
| Publication date | 2015-11-08 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Action Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1476-7503 • E-ISSN: 1741-2617 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1476750315573593 |
| OpenAlex | W2275253133 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 21 |
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Action Research consists of 314 entries totalling around 600,000 words by people expert in their topic. What if it was treated as a corpus of data about the current state of action research and related matters? So treated, it can provide a valuable current perspective on what action research is, who uses it for what purpose, and how it is done. A companion paper by Davydd Greenwood reports on what the Encyclopedia has to say about theory in current action research. This paper does the same for action research methodology. I report and reflect on what the Encyclopedia says about the broad family of action research approaches, and its key features of participation, an action orientation, the use of critical reflection and the integration of those features within a cyclic process
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| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,18 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2025 (11) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |