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ACTION RESEARCH
Action research is a dynamic and participatory approach aimed at enhancing both learning and policy-making processes. It is inherently democratic, involving participants directly to improve rationality and justice in their own practices.
Is a "form of self-reflective enquiry undertaken by participants in social situations in order to improve the rationality and justice of their own practices
Empiricism
This maintains that man produces knowledge by the direct and neutral observation of reality.
Epistemological bases
Logical positivism
This begins with the postulation of a hypothesis which has to be tested rigorously. There can be more than one interpretation of the reality, but all variables have to be controlled.
Dialectical materialism
This views on production of knowledge related to specific historical and social contexts. It follows that reality changes constantly, then knowledge is an understanding of these changes
Pragmatism
This verifies the union of knowledge and reality based on experimental practice
Structuralism
This focuses on knowledge and theory as two sharpy separated domains. It means real objects exist independently of knowledge, and knowledge occurs by itself.
Components
Consideration
Collaboration
Commitment
Concern
Change
Uses
Situations that imply flexibility, participants' involvement and immediate changes.
Real situations rather than experimental studies due to the fact that it focuses on solving real problems.
Characteristics
Enhances learning and policy making
Helps researcher examines the everyday and policy making