Teaching and learning action research
Transforming students, faculty and university in Mexico
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6134282 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ed Kur (Universidad de Monterrey, Mexico and Pepperdine University, USA), Daphne Deporres (Universidad de Monterrey, Mexico and Pepperdine University, USA), Nancy Westrup (Universidad de Monterrey, Mexico and Pepperdine University, USA) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 327-349 |
| Publication date | 2008-08-22 |
| 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 | 10.1177/1476750308094648 |
| OpenAlex | W2013401282 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 28 |
This article describes our experience teaching action research (AR) in a Mexican graduate program. It emphasizes the challenges associated with teaching this kind of research in Mexico and illustrates ways we address those challenges. It also illustrates that a high level of personal growth often accompanies AR training and that such growth, as well as learning the `mechanics' of AR, is significantly enhanced when faculty become deeply engaged with students during the entire learning experience. The article contributes to what is known about teaching action research in graduate university settings, specifically, about how to teach it, reasons for teaching it, and unintended consequences of teaching it. It describes problems in teaching and mastering AR competence and uses experiences in Latin America's oldest masters program in organization development to illustrate solutions. Examples from student projects demonstrate how action research coursework translates to increased student skills and simultaneously to increased effectiveness of the social systems in which the students conduct research. Finally, the article describes work that led a university to include action research training in all of its graduate programs
Action (physics · Action learning · Action research · Competence (human resources · Cooperative learning · Coursework · Engineering ethics · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Sociology · Teaching method · Complex Systems and Decision Making · Engineering · Management and Organizational Studies · Organizational Learning and Leadership · Psychology
Interpersonal competence and organizational effectiveness
How we think.
Action Research for Management Research
Resolving social conflicts and field theory in social science
Critical Action Research
Recipe or performing art
The North-South convergence
The Teacher Research Movement
Encounters with participatory action research
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,31 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2025 (16) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |