Action research: a wonderfully uncomfortable mode of creating knowledge
Changed views on the nature and purpose of knowledge production provide the backdrop for the authors’ demonstration of the ways in which action research on the development of general skills transformed their values into a living theory. This paper recounts how action research was used to integrate...
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University of the Free State
2007-04-01
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Changed views on the nature and purpose of knowledge production provide the backdrop for the authors’ demonstration of the ways in which action research on the development of general skills transformed their values into a living theory. This paper recounts how action research was used to integrate general skills into a medical curriculum. It also presents evidence of the critical scrutiny to which the first author’s educational practice was subjected. The distinctive features of action research provide an analytical framework for arguing that an action researcher can produce useful knowledge and so certainly can have a “scientific message”.
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| spelling | doaj.art-50922e530abf4688b4608a3a3497dc132024-03-18T11:06:58ZengUniversity of the Free StateActa Academica0587-24052415-04792007-04-0139110.38140/aa.v39i1.1134Action research: a wonderfully uncomfortable mode of creating knowledgeAdriana Beylefeld0Elias Bitzer1Henriette Hay2University of the Free StateUniversity of StellenboschCentral University of Technology Changed views on the nature and purpose of knowledge production provide the backdrop for the authors’ demonstration of the ways in which action research on the development of general skills transformed their values into a living theory. This paper recounts how action research was used to integrate general skills into a medical curriculum. It also presents evidence of the critical scrutiny to which the first author’s educational practice was subjected. The distinctive features of action research provide an analytical framework for arguing that an action researcher can produce useful knowledge and so certainly can have a “scientific message”. http://196.255.246.28/index.php/aa/article/view/1134 |
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