The Action Research Planner

A fully-updated and reworked version of the classic book by Stephen Kemmis and Robin McTaggart, now joined by Rhonda Nixon, *The Action Research Planner* is a detailed guide to developing and conducting a critical participatory action research project. The authors outline new views on participation (based on Jurgen Habermas s notion of a public sphere ), practice (as shaped by practice architectures), and research (as research within practice traditions). They provide five extended examples of critical participatory action research studies. The book includes a range of resources for people planning a critical participatory research initiative, providing guidance on how to establish an action research group and identify a shared concern, research ethics, principles of procedure for action researchers, protocols for collaborative work, keeping a journal, gathering evidence, reporting, and choosing academic partners.

Unlike earlier editions, *The Action Research Planner* focuses specifically on critical participatory action research, which occupies a particular (critical) niche in the action research 'family'.

*The Action Research Planner* is an essential guide to planning and undertaking this type of research.

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