Action Research
- 1 June 2003
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Qualitative Social Work
- Vol. 2 (2), 155-175
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1473325003002002003
Abstract
In this overview the authors describe the underlying principles of action research as: (1) grounded in lived experience, (2) developed in partnership, (3) addressing significant problems, (4) working with, rather than simply studying, people, (5) developing new ways of seeing/theorizing the world, and (6) leaving infrastructure in its wake. We refer to the role of social workers as frontline implementers of important social policies and suggest how action research can be used to both implement and also influence the creation of such policies. We offer examples of action research efforts that can be applied to the social worker's practice-scholarship repertoire.Keywords
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