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Participatory Action Learning and Action Research offers a concise yet comprehensive explanation of the theory, practice and process of this emerging paradigm, methodology and theory of learning. PALAR is a transformative, collaborative and democratic process for resolving complex problems within the context of sustainable professional, organisational and community development. The book draws on real-life examples from socially and economically challenged contexts, and features critical reflections on the strengths and challenges of this evolving methodology in relation to the increased interest in community engagement and project-based learning among institutions of higher education. Analysing theory in the context of sustainable professional, organisational and community development, this book:
Provides a comprehensive, research-based manual on the use of PALAR within actual research projects.
Explains a means of engaging in research that promotes the mobilisation of human potential relevant in a rapidly changing society.
Addresses the challenges of doing participatory research within institutions.
Provides applied, specific examples of how PALAR can be adapted for use in socially and economically challenged contexts, typical of developing economies.
Offers critical reflections by researchers and community participants on the challenges and uses of PALAR.
Innovative, and offering clarity on ethics and research questions, Participatory Action Learning and Action Research will be of interest to both emerging and experienced researchers looking to bring about change at a personal, professional, organisational or community level.
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PDF, Engelska, 2019631 kr
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Participatory Action Learning and Action Research offers a concise yet comprehensive explanation of the theory, practice and process of this emerging paradigm, methodology and theory of learning. PALAR is a transformative, collaborative and democratic process for resolving complex problems within the context of sustainable professional, organisational and community development. The book draws on real-life examples from socially and economically challenged contexts, and features critical reflections on the strengths and challenges of this evolving methodology in relation to the increased interest in community engagement and project-based learning among institutions of higher education. Analysing theory in the context of sustainable professional, organisational and community development, this book:
Provides a comprehensive, research-based manual on the use of PALAR within actual research projects.
Explains a means of engaging in research that promotes the mobilisation of human potential relevant in a rapidly changing society.
Addresses the challenges of doing participatory research within institutions.
Provides applied, specific examples of how PALAR can be adapted for use in socially and economically challenged contexts, typical of developing economies.
Offers critical reflections by researchers and community participants on the challenges and uses of PALAR.
Innovative, and offering clarity on ethics and research questions, Participatory Action Learning and Action Research will be of interest to both emerging and experienced researchers looking to bring about change at a personal, professional, organisational or community level.
Häftad, Engelska, 2026
591 kr
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Transforming Early Childhood Education in Resource-Scarce Contexts synthesises insights from various case studies in Southern Africa to propose a practical, context-sensitive approach for improving early childhood education in resource-scarce settings through participatory research that harnesses overlooked human, social, and cultural assets.The book argues that sustainable quality cannot rely solely on financial inputs but must position practitioners, parents, and communities as co-researchers who collaboratively design solutions tailored to local realities. Contributors provide detailed examples of participatory research that demonstrates how stakeholder collaboration, indigenous knowledge, and play-based pedagogies can strengthen ECE systems. Key contributions include professional development through participatory action research, enabling practitioners to build confidence, resilience, and innovative teaching strategies, while highlighting the transformative potential of parental engagement and community partnerships in creating supportive networks. By shifting from deficit-based thinking to resource-oriented strategies, the framework offers a roadmap for disrupting cycles of inequality and poverty, with practical examples showing how participatory approaches foster agency, bridge policy-practice gaps, and promote holistic child development to achieve equitable, sustainable ECE through collective action and contextually grounded solutions.Although most chapters focus on research conducted in Africa, the knowledge produced is relevant for any context experiencing increasing marginalisation and impoverishment. Researchers, scholars, and early childhood educators around the world will find this an essential read.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2026
2 163 kr
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Transforming Early Childhood Education in Resource-Scarce Contexts synthesises insights from various case studies in Southern Africa to propose a practical, context-sensitive approach for improving early childhood education in resource-scarce settings through participatory research that harnesses overlooked human, social, and cultural assets.The book argues that sustainable quality cannot rely solely on financial inputs but must position practitioners, parents, and communities as co-researchers who collaboratively design solutions tailored to local realities. Contributors provide detailed examples of participatory research that demonstrates how stakeholder collaboration, indigenous knowledge, and play-based pedagogies can strengthen ECE systems. Key contributions include professional development through participatory action research, enabling practitioners to build confidence, resilience, and innovative teaching strategies, while highlighting the transformative potential of parental engagement and community partnerships in creating supportive networks. By shifting from deficit-based thinking to resource-oriented strategies, the framework offers a roadmap for disrupting cycles of inequality and poverty, with practical examples showing how participatory approaches foster agency, bridge policy-practice gaps, and promote holistic child development to achieve equitable, sustainable ECE through collective action and contextually grounded solutions.Although most chapters focus on research conducted in Africa, the knowledge produced is relevant for any context experiencing increasing marginalisation and impoverishment. Researchers, scholars, and early childhood educators around the world will find this an essential read.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2019
2 090 kr
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Participatory Action Learning and Action Research offers a concise yet comprehensive explanation of the theory, practice and process of this emerging paradigm, methodology and theory of learning. PALAR is a transformative, collaborative and democratic process for resolving complex problems within the context of sustainable professional, organisational and community development. The book draws on real-life examples from socially and economically challenged contexts, and features critical reflections on the strengths and challenges of this evolving methodology in relation to the increased interest in community engagement and project-based learning among institutions of higher education. Analysing theory in the context of sustainable professional, organisational and community development, this book:Provides a comprehensive, research-based manual on the use of PALAR within actual research projectsExplains a means of engaging in research that promotes the mobilisation of human potential relevant in a rapidly changing societyAddresses the challenges of doing participatory research within institutionsProvides applied, specific examples of how PALAR can be adapted for use in socially and economically challenged contexts, typical of developing economiesOffers critical reflections by researchers and community participants on the challenges and uses of PALARInnovative, and offering clarity on ethics and research questions, Participatory Action Learning and Action Research will be of interest to both emerging and experienced researchers looking to bring about change at a personal, professional, organisational or community level.
Häftad, Engelska, 2019
544 kr
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Participatory Action Learning and Action Research offers a concise yet comprehensive explanation of the theory, practice and process of this emerging paradigm, methodology and theory of learning. PALAR is a transformative, collaborative and democratic process for resolving complex problems within the context of sustainable professional, organisational and community development. The book draws on real-life examples from socially and economically challenged contexts, and features critical reflections on the strengths and challenges of this evolving methodology in relation to the increased interest in community engagement and project-based learning among institutions of higher education. Analysing theory in the context of sustainable professional, organisational and community development, this book:Provides a comprehensive, research-based manual on the use of PALAR within actual research projectsExplains a means of engaging in research that promotes the mobilisation of human potential relevant in a rapidly changing societyAddresses the challenges of doing participatory research within institutionsProvides applied, specific examples of how PALAR can be adapted for use in socially and economically challenged contexts, typical of developing economiesOffers critical reflections by researchers and community participants on the challenges and uses of PALARInnovative, and offering clarity on ethics and research questions, Participatory Action Learning and Action Research will be of interest to both emerging and experienced researchers looking to bring about change at a personal, professional, organisational or community level.
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PDF, Engelska, 2019376 kr
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Action Research (AR) is an ideal methodology to enable practical and emancipatory outcomes, as well as to generate relevant and authentic theory. Consequently, it has gained popularity worldwide. However, this emerging paradigm of AR in the Social Sciences has been widely misunderstood and misused by researchers, educators and practitioners.The integration of Action Learning with Action Research deepens understanding and contributes to new knowledge about the theory, practice and processes of Action Learning (AL) and Action Research (AR). It clarifies what constitutes AL/AR in its many forms and what it is not. AL and AR enable participants to effectively approach increasingly complex global challenges confronting humankind in this twenty-first century, collectively achieve practical, emancipatory and sustainable outcomes and generate relevant, authentic theory. This book, written by internationally renowned experts, is the first to provide a comprehensive overview of the main genres and approaches of AL/AR. They explain the genre of their expertise, reflect on their rich experiences with it, and consider both the common features shared across the AL/AR paradigm and what is distinctive about the particular genre they overview. This book discusses the what, why and how of their particular approach and will prove invaluable for researchers and practitioners alike.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2019
959 kr
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Action Research (AR) is an ideal methodology to enable practical and emancipatory outcomes, as well as to generate relevant and authentic theory. Consequently, it has gained popularity worldwide. However, this emerging paradigm of AR in the Social Sciences has been widely misunderstood and misused by researchers, educators and practitioners.The integration of Action Learning with Action Research deepens understanding and contributes to new knowledge about the theory, practice and processes of Action Learning (AL) and Action Research (AR). It clarifies what constitutes AL/AR in its many forms and what it is not. AL and AR enable participants to effectively approach increasingly complex global challenges confronting humankind in this twenty-first century, collectively achieve practical, emancipatory and sustainable outcomes and generate relevant, authentic theory. This book, written by internationally renowned experts, is the first to provide a comprehensive overview of the main genres and approaches of AL/AR. They explain the genre of their expertise, reflect on their rich experiences with it, and consider both the common features shared across the AL/AR paradigm and what is distinctive about the particular genre they overview. This book discusses the what, why and how of their particular approach and will prove invaluable for researchers and practitioners alike.
E-bok
Engelska, 2019376 kr
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Action Research (AR) is an ideal methodology to enable practical and emancipatory outcomes, as well as to generate relevant and authentic theory. Consequently, it has gained popularity worldwide. However, this emerging paradigm of AR in the Social Sciences has been widely misunderstood and misused by researchers, educators and practitioners.The integration of Action Learning with Action Research deepens understanding and contributes to new knowledge about the theory, practice and processes of Action Learning (AL) and Action Research (AR). It clarifies what constitutes AL/AR in its many forms and what it is not. AL and AR enable participants to effectively approach increasingly complex global challenges confronting humankind in this twenty-first century, collectively achieve practical, emancipatory and sustainable outcomes and generate relevant, authentic theory. This book, written by internationally renowned experts, is the first to provide a comprehensive overview of the main genres and approaches of AL/AR. They explain the genre of their expertise, reflect on their rich experiences with it, and consider both the common features shared across the AL/AR paradigm and what is distinctive about the particular genre they overview. This book discusses the what, why and how of their particular approach and will prove invaluable for researchers and practitioners alike.
Häftad, Engelska, 2022
359 kr
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Action Research (AR) is an ideal methodology to enable practical and emancipatory outcomes, as well as to generate relevant and authentic theory. Consequently, it has gained popularity worldwide. However, this emerging paradigm of AR in the Social Sciences has been widely misunderstood and misused by researchers, educators and practitioners.The integration of Action Learning with Action Research deepens understanding and contributes to new knowledge about the theory, practice and processes of Action Learning (AL) and Action Research (AR). It clarifies what constitutes AL/AR in its many forms and what it is not. AL and AR enable participants to effectively approach increasingly complex global challenges confronting humankind in this twenty-first century, collectively achieve practical, emancipatory and sustainable outcomes and generate relevant, authentic theory. This book, written by internationally renowned experts, is the first to provide a comprehensive overview of the main genres and approaches of AL/AR. They explain the genre of their expertise, reflect on their rich experiences with it, and consider both the common features shared across the AL/AR paradigm and what is distinctive about the particular genre they overview. This book discusses the what, why and how of their particular approach and will prove invaluable for researchers and practitioners alike.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2021
1 834 kr
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Focusing primarily on various contexts within the Global South, the contributors argue that the time is ripe for community-based research which combines the theoretical knowledge of the academy with the local, experiential knowledge of those experiencing the consequences of social inequality to co-construct knowledge for change.
E-bok
Engelska, 20222 218 kr
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This book advocates for community-based research with vulnerable populations within the field of higher education. The chapters outline how research can democratize knowledge generation to make it more accessible and socially relevant, and emphasizes the value of the lived and experiential knowledge of vulnerable and marginalized populations. Rooted in a critique of the current practices of higher education that fail to support participatory and transformative research, the research is structured at micro, macro and meso levels to ultimately emancipate colonized thinking of stakeholders about power, privilege and participation. Focusing primarily on various contexts within the Global South, the contributors argue that the time is ripe for community-based research which combines the theoretical knowledge of the academy with the local, experiential knowledge of those experiencing the consequences of social inequality to co-construct knowledge for change.
Häftad, Engelska, 2022
1 834 kr
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Focusing primarily on various contexts within the Global South, the contributors argue that the time is ripe for community-based research which combines the theoretical knowledge of the academy with the local, experiential knowledge of those experiencing the consequences of social inequality to co-construct knowledge for change.
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PDF, Engelska, 2015403 kr
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"This book is the second in a series entitled ‘Learning and Development for a Better World’ and it explores the potential for self-directed lifelong action learning (LAL) by focusing on the design of development pathways with and for young adults. The book considers the reasons why LAL pathways are needed and draws on innovative approaches used by the Global University for Lifelong Learning (including micro enterprise, peace-building, music, sport and the creative arts) with examples from nine countries. The aim is to offer a timely response to the pressing global problem of access to learning and development for marginalized young people during the vulnerable period from their mid-teens to mid-twenties.This book is an engaging and compelling text. I enjoyed the flow of ideas and the key messages of need and solution that it provides. The authors are articulate and convincing in their crafted messages – as well as passionate. Reading this book is time well spent and both enjoyable and instructional.Brendan Bartlett, Professor of Education, Institute of Learning Sciences Australia, Australian Catholic UniversityThis book will help both policy makers and those working with young people to change lives. In many areas of the world, young people, particularly women, lead impoverished lives. Developing approaches to lifelong action learning with these young adults will provide hope for the future. Emer Clarke, Formerly Area Director of the UK Learning and Skills CouncilThe plight of millions of young people is clearly worsening as social and economic divisions increase and deepen. This book will serve those well who want to agitate for change and reform based on a belief in social justice and equality of access to learning and economic fairness for all young people.David Davies, Professor Emeritus and Former Executive Dean, University of Derby, UKThis book is a valuable resource, an indispensable text and a must read for all working with young people. What captured my attention most was the way in which it illustrates how access to purposeful learning and development can be provided to marginalized young people. Eldrie Gouws, Professor, Department of Psychology of Education, University of South AfricaThis is a significant and far reaching response to the global problem of young adults’ unemployment and lack of educational opportunities, especially in disadvantaged, remote and poverty-stricken communities in developing as well as developed countries. It is of interest to a wide audience of readers, including youth, parents, educators, non-profit organizations, governments and churches.Ortrun Zuber-Skerritt, Co-author, ‘Lifelong Action Learning for Community Development: Learning and Development for a Better World’, Sense Publishers, 2013"v>
Häftad, Engelska, 2024
394 kr
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