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PARTICIPATORY-ACTION
RESEARCH
“A model for enacting local, actionoriented approaches of investigating”
Readings: Berg Ch. 7 and “Action Research
Cases 1” from What is Action Research
(Greenwood and Levin)
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Action Research
 Research
Framework
Produce
useful knowledge through
research, education, and sociopolitical
action
Enlighten
and empower the average
person in a group
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Methods of Action Research
 Be
systematic
 Don’t start with an
answer
 Be well-organized
and concise
 Provide adequate
planning
 Projects vary in
length
 Use
regular
observations
 Create a simple to
detailed continuum
 May be grounded
in theory
 No quantitative
requirement
 Results are limited
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The Basics of Action Research
 Looking
Gathering
information, identifying
stakeholders
 Thinking
Making
interpretations, analyzing
collected data
 Action
Application
of results to improve lives of
stakeholders
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Procedure for Action Research
 Indentifying
the research questions
 Gathering the information to answer
the questions
 Analyzing and interpreting the
information
 Sharing the results with the
participants
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Guiding Questions of Analysis
 Why?
Establishes
a general focus for the
investigator and stakeholders
 What
Help
 Who,
and How?
to establish the problem issues
Where, and When?
Specific
actors, events, and activities
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The Action Researcher’s Role
 Holistic
Collaboration
with local practitioners
Collaboration with local stakeholders
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Types of Action Research
 Technical/Scientific/Collaborative
Testing
interventions based on a
theoretical framework
Researcher collaborates with practitioner
Practitioner facilitates implementation
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Types of Action Research
 Practical/Mutual
Collaborative/Deliberate
Researcher
and practitioner collaboration
 Mutual
identification of problems, causes,
and interventions
Empowering
and emancipating
stakeholders
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Types of Action Research
 Emancipating
or
Empowering/Enhancing/Critical Science
Apply
theory and book knowledge to the
real world
Raise collective consciousness of
practitioners
Promote change
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Photovoice
 Subjects
photograph certain aspects
of their lives
Empower
and enable reflection
Encourage dialogue and knowledge
transfer
Share perceptions of those not in control
with those in control
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Methods of Photovoice
 Selecting
Photographs
Which
photographs most accurately
reflect the issues?
 Contextualizing
Offer
Stories
accounts about photographs
 Codifying
Identify
central issues, themes or
theories
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Stongfjorden
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Aim: To support local community development
How was renewed development achieved?
Was the project completely successful?
How did the researchers’ roles shift during the
process?
What ethical issues arose?
What, in your opinion, could have been done
differently?
Mondragón
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Aim: To help resolve organizational problems
What was the initial conflict between the research
team and the organization?
Could this (above) be a common problem?
How does this relate to the ethical issue faced by the
researchers in Stonfjorden?
What organizational problems needed to be
overcome in Mondragón?
How did helping the Fagor Group improve their
“internal research capacity” lead to an ultimate
understanding of the organizational problems?
Berg’s Action Framework Taxonomy
 Includes:
Experience
 Collaboration,
observation, sharing
Enquiry
 Methods
of asking questions
Examining
 Reviewing
and using collected information
 Can
you identify the above features in
the research performed at Stongfjorden
and Mondragón?
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