Home economics and action research are both concerned with human communities and actions. Home economics can be understood as a field of practice that can be enriched by engaging in approaches of action research. (JOW)

Examines applied linguistics as a research project analogous to other disciplines and presumes a need for cross-disciplinary perspectives in language studies. Argues that applied linguistics shares a position intersecting with neighboring sciences and with all other sciences, each of which demarcates its own space in contested and shared ground.…

A group of nurses at a rural, psychiatric hospital used participatory action research to explore issues of autonomy and found that they could successfully challenge institutional norms and ideas that limit nurses' autonomy. (Author/JOW)

Presents a descriptive study that examined the influence of using electronic mail to support novice teachers as they attempted to sustain action research projects in their classrooms. Suggests that online collaborations are an effective method of supporting novice teachers in their research efforts. (Author/LRW)

Discusses whether action research has more potential in solving school policy problems than formal research. Determined that both types can and should be used in the educational decision-making process. (JOW)

Staff development funding under the National Literacy Act of 1991 provides real opportunities for using action research on a broad level to advance professionalism, implement policy, and enhance internal validity. Action research can be a key to professionalism and policy in the field. (Author/JOW)

Scandinavian approaches to action research aim at democratizing work life as well as the research process. The model emerging today aims to make change and learning a self-generating and self-maintaining process. (SK)

Universities of the Third Age are developing the research facet of their mission. In this model, the senior citizen is both the object and the agent of research, being involved in action research that transforms their subjective impressions and intuitions into objective knowledge with which to transform their environment. (Author/SK)

Describes aspects of participatory action research and considers advantages of using participatory action research in research by disabilities and rehabilitation researchers. Notes that participatory action research can be built into any rehabilitation research design but that it rests upon the recognition of persons with disabilities as integral…

Describes two professional development activities for teachers: writing an autobiographical sketch (which helps construct personal meaning); and action research projects (which bring teachers together to solve problems). (SR)

Presents a framework for comparing and evaluating action research that transcends differences among existing models. The dimensions of the framework are theoretical orientation, purpose, and type of reflective process. The paper describes how the framework was developed and presents examples of how it can be used to analyze different approaches to…

Focuses on the contribution of action research to teachers' inservice education at elementary schools in the Rio de Janeiro local system of education, linking thought and action. The development of this action research has brought to light ethical, scientific, and political questions in the school system. Contains 15 references. (AMA)

An action research project sought to create a learning culture in a hospital. Adult learning principles and facilitation of learning at and from work were emphasized. Although the hospital's top-down management eventually ended the project, active staff participation in learning was begun. (SK)

Explores one individual's experiences as a teacher, reader, and researcher in terms of current knowledge about postmodernity. Using the term postmodern research landscape, the paper explains how commonplaces of interactions among readers, teachers, and researchers coemerge with ongoing senses of sociospatial identity, shaping the contexts in which…

Presents findings from four problem-based research sites, exploring theory generation and practice improvement in the context of how mental health service users become positioned. Interview and observation data highlight an exclusion of service users that perpetuates fragmented delivery and response. The article shows that problem-based and action…