Action research: theory, practice, and values

Abstract

SUMMARY Action research enables social science to discharge its dual responsibility of contributing to scientific discovery and the solution of practical problems. The paper describes how social scientists can do this by adopting professional-collaborative roles with a set of interested parties to design and conduct a cycle of field experiments. The values of action research are humanistic, democratic and scientific, and its major concepts are from field and systems theory. Finally, an example of a typical collaborative engagement illustrates the theory, practice, values and outcomes of action research.

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