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The Origins and Status of Action Research
Michael Peters
Viviane Robinson
University of Auckland, Private Bag, Auckland, New Zealand.
Diverse claims have been made for and about action research in a variety of contexts. In this article, we first trace the origins of this approach to Kurt Lewin and provide a synopsis of his views. We then compare Lewin's views on action research with those of contemporary exponents. In the third section, we review and systematize the claims of 11 action researchers to determine the extent to which their claims constitute a shared conception. While most authors characterize action research as a methodology, a few also attempt to link action research to a particular interpretation or theory of social science. We build on this distinction in the final section and distinguish a weak from a strong version of action research, concluding that, at this time, neither version enjoys the status of a paradigm.
The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, Vol. 20, No. 2,
113-124 (1984)
DOI: 10.1177/002188638402000203
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