Social work & developmental approaches to Action Research—A conversation with Rosalie Dwyer
The MethodSpace focus for October 2020 was on Action Research. Our Mentors-in-Residence this month were Ernie Stringer and Alfredo Ortiz Aragon, co-authors of a new edition of the text Action Research.
In this video, Ernie Stringer talks with Rosalie Dwyer, a highly experienced and award-winning social worker. They speak to issues related to developmental approaches to action research that are featured in the 5th Edition of the Action Research text.
Rosalie speaks of the importance of developing relationships that are a key feature of developmental work—emphasizing the need to engage people as central participants in any actions to be taken. Ernie extends that to describe how small beginnings may open opportunities to programs of research and development that make a significant difference to people's lives.
More Methodspace posts from this series about Action Research
Using action research to understand Covid-19 experiences, a guest post by Hege Gravdahl Garelius.
The 11 co-authors of “Self-in-Field Action Research in Natural Spaces of Encounter: Inclusion, Learning, and Organizational Change” discuss their research.
Read this interesting post by Tineke Abma, Barbara Groot, Alie Weerman, Frederiek Overbeek, part of the Action Research series for October 2020.
Read this guest post about collaboration and action research by Melissa Parenti.
Learn about action research from Ernie Stringer and Alfredo Ortiz Aragon, co-authors of a new book on this important methodology.
Learn about how action researcher Ros Beadle invited Aboriginal women to tell their own stories.
Find the entire collection of posts from the October 2020 series on action research!
Listen to a podcast interview with Dr. Alfredo Ortiz Aragón.
Watch this discussion of embodied and sentient action research methods with Iñigo Retolaza Eguren.
Action research and evaluation are inter-related topics in this guest post and video from Marina Apgar and Mieke Snijder.
A discussion about engaging participants in action research in a social work context.
See this interview with Ernie Stringer and Geoff Mills to learn how he applies action research in educational contexts.
View this discussion of participatory action research methods with Ernie Stringer and Susan Young.
View a conversation between Antonio Boyd and Dr. Cherese Childers-McKee about inclusion and action research.
Learn about how key action research principles allow for inclusion of marginalized people in this presentation from Alfredo Ortiz Aragon.
View a conversation between Ernie Stringer and long-time collaborator Darryl Kickett.
Learn more about the new edition of Action Research from Ernie Stringer and Alfredo Ortiz Aragon.
In this guest post Catherine Collins describes ways to put action research principles into practice.