Morten Levin
Biographic Data
| ID | 4144967 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Morten Levin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Morten |
| FAMILY NAME | Levin |
| SIGNATURE | LEVIN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Norwegian University of Science and Technology |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 48 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Aksjonsforskning i Norge: Teoretisk og empirisk mangfold
Antologien Aksjonsforskning i Norge. Teoretisk og empirisk mangfold består av tjue vitenskapelige artikler innen utdanning, helse, vitensentre, kunst og arbeidsliv. Antologien gir et innblikk i historisk utvikling, grunnlagstenkning, samt teoretiske og metodologiske diskusjoner innen aksjonsforskningsfeltet. Den tar opp spørsmål om deltakelse, erfaringskunnskap og dialog som grunnlag for kunnskapsutvikling. Boka spenner over temaer som profesjons…
Participative Transformation: Learning and Development in Practising Change
Action research in universities and higher education worldwide
Thomas Mathiesen: Kritisk sosiologi en invitasjon
Academic integrity in action research
This article attends to how claims for rigor and relevance can be met in action research (AR). High degree of relevance emanates from the focus on solving pertinent problems. Academic integrity is introduced as the issue that is essential for shaping research of high rigor from AR, and it is conceptualized as the combination of formal (substantive and methodological) research skills, strategic political capacity, and the ethical and moral stature…
The reformed social sciences to reform the university: Mission impossible
The core argument is that social science must re-examine its mission and praxis in order to be a significant player in future higher education. This article reviews the results and prospects arising from a four-year international project. Originating in Greenwood and Levin's concern about the social sciences, the project, funded by the Ford Foundation, was organised as an action research network of social scientists. Meeting several times over fo…
Introduction to Action Research
The praxis of educating action researchers: The possibilities and obstacles in higher education
This article deals with the matter of educating action researchers in higher education. It takes as a point of departure what is currently published that considers the teaching of action research as a practice within university settings. This literature is rather meagre, so we seek a better understanding in the theories and models developed in adult education. We believe the adult education frame offers the basis for making sense of the relations…
Re-Organizing Universities and ‘Knowing How’: University Restructuring and Knowledge Creation for the 21st Century
Action research, science, and the co-optation of social research
This paper centers on our argument that action research (AR) produces “better” research than orthodox social research but that AR is marginalized in “Northern” universities because it connects social research to social reform. The key viewpoints informing our work are easily stated but elaborate arguments are required to justify them. We argue that AR is the most credible and methodologically coherent way to create and apply reliable knowledge in…
Trailing Research: A Model for Useful Program Evaluation
Trailing research is a model for evaluation aiming at enhancing use. The model integrates formative and summative evaluation in a planned learning process coupled with producing knowledge for the scientific community. Formative and summative activities are built into an action research model to enhance the immediate use of evaluation findings. The underlying idea of trailing research is to combine pragmatic evaluation activity with reflection pro…
Creating Networks for Rural Economic Development in Norway
Regional economic development is a social change process. This paper focuses on how the creation of social networks can support economic development. Action research methodology, the theoretical foundations of which are presented, was used to support network development. The paper describes and analyzes the social shaping of several types of new networks in coastal Norway over the 5-year period of 1986-1991. Networks linking entrepreneurs resulte…
Trailing Research: A Model for Useful Program Evaluation
Trailing research is a model for evaluation aiming at enhancing use. The model integrates formative and summative evaluation in a planned learning process coupled with producing knowledge for the scientific community. Formative and summative activities are built into an action research model to enhance the immediate use of evaluation findings. The underlying idea of trailing research is to combine pragmatic evaluation activity with reflection pro…
Academic integrity in action research
This article attends to how claims for rigor and relevance can be met in action research (AR). High degree of relevance emanates from the focus on solving pertinent problems. Academic integrity is introduced as the issue that is essential for shaping research of high rigor from AR, and it is conceptualized as the combination of formal (substantive and methodological) research skills, strategic political capacity, and the ethical and moral stature…
The praxis of educating action researchers: The possibilities and obstacles in higher education
This article deals with the matter of educating action researchers in higher education. It takes as a point of departure what is currently published that considers the teaching of action research as a practice within university settings. This literature is rather meagre, so we seek a better understanding in the theories and models developed in adult education. We believe the adult education frame offers the basis for making sense of the relations…
Creating Networks for Rural Economic Development in Norway
Regional economic development is a social change process. This paper focuses on how the creation of social networks can support economic development. Action research methodology, the theoretical foundations of which are presented, was used to support network development. The paper describes and analyzes the social shaping of several types of new networks in coastal Norway over the 5-year period of 1986-1991. Networks linking entrepreneurs resulte…
Creating Networks for Rural Economic Development in Norway
Regional economic development is a social change process. This paper focuses on how the creation of social networks can support economic development. Action research methodology, the theoretical foundations of which are presented, was used to support network development. The paper describes and analyzes the social shaping of several types of new networks in coastal Norway over the 5-year period of 1986-1991. Networks linking entrepreneurs resulte…
Trailing Research: A Model for Useful Program Evaluation
Trailing research is a model for evaluation aiming at enhancing use. The model integrates formative and summative evaluation in a planned learning process coupled with producing knowledge for the scientific community. Formative and summative activities are built into an action research model to enhance the immediate use of evaluation findings. The underlying idea of trailing research is to combine pragmatic evaluation activity with reflection pro…
Action research, science, and the co-optation of social research
This paper centers on our argument that action research (AR) produces “better” research than orthodox social research but that AR is marginalized in “Northern” universities because it connects social research to social reform. The key viewpoints informing our work are easily stated but elaborate arguments are required to justify them. We argue that AR is the most credible and methodologically coherent way to create and apply reliable knowledge in…
Re-Organizing Universities and ‘Knowing How’: University Restructuring and Knowledge Creation for the 21st Century
Introduction to Action Research
The praxis of educating action researchers: The possibilities and obstacles in higher education
This article deals with the matter of educating action researchers in higher education. It takes as a point of departure what is currently published that considers the teaching of action research as a practice within university settings. This literature is rather meagre, so we seek a better understanding in the theories and models developed in adult education. We believe the adult education frame offers the basis for making sense of the relations…
The reformed social sciences to reform the university: Mission impossible
The core argument is that social science must re-examine its mission and praxis in order to be a significant player in future higher education. This article reviews the results and prospects arising from a four-year international project. Originating in Greenwood and Levin's concern about the social sciences, the project, funded by the Ford Foundation, was organised as an action research network of social scientists. Meeting several times over fo…
Thomas Mathiesen: Kritisk sosiologi en invitasjon
Academic integrity in action research
This article attends to how claims for rigor and relevance can be met in action research (AR). High degree of relevance emanates from the focus on solving pertinent problems. Academic integrity is introduced as the issue that is essential for shaping research of high rigor from AR, and it is conceptualized as the combination of formal (substantive and methodological) research skills, strategic political capacity, and the ethical and moral stature…
Action research in universities and higher education worldwide
Participative Transformation: Learning and Development in Practising Change
Aksjonsforskning i Norge: Teoretisk og empirisk mangfold
Antologien Aksjonsforskning i Norge. Teoretisk og empirisk mangfold består av tjue vitenskapelige artikler innen utdanning, helse, vitensentre, kunst og arbeidsliv. Antologien gir et innblikk i historisk utvikling, grunnlagstenkning, samt teoretiske og metodologiske diskusjoner innen aksjonsforskningsfeltet. Den tar opp spørsmål om deltakelse, erfaringskunnskap og dialog som grunnlag for kunnskapsutvikling. Boka spenner over temaer som profesjons…
Sociology (8 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Evaluation and Performance Assessment (5 works) · Pedagogy (5 works) · Action research (4 works) · Engineering ethics (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Management and Organizational Studies (4 works) · Psychology (4 works)