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ERIC Number: EJ422083
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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ISSN: ISSN-0141-1926
Action Research: Some Methodological and Political Considerations.
Chisholm, Lynne
British Educational Research Journal, v16 n3 p249-57 1990
Critiques action research from a feminist theoretical perspective, identifying a duality between mainstream and antisexist action research. Argues mainstream researchers' rational distancing fosters self-deception among researchers about what action research can achieve and how it operates. Posits emotional engagement characteristic to antisexist action research can help work through these methodological contradictions. (CH)
Descriptors: Action Research, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Development, Educational Policy, Feminism, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Nondiscriminatory Education, Participatory Research, Political Influences, Research Methodology, Research Problems, Sex Fairness, Social Action, Social Change, Sociology, Theory Practice Relationship, Womens Studies
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Feminist Theory; United Kingdom