A Critical Action Research Reader

Contents: Ben W. M. Boog: The Emancipatory Character of Action Research, Its History and the Present State of the Art - Gaile S. Cannella/Yvonna S. Lincoln: Deploying Qualitative Methods for Critical Social Purposes -
Kimberly Kinsler: The Utility of Educational Action Research for Emancipatory Change - Marie Brennan/Susan E. Noffke: Uses of Data in Action Research - Carolyn M. Shields: Critical Advocacy Research: An Approach Whose Time Has Come - Phil Francis Carspecken: Limits to Knowledge and Being Human: What Is «Critical» in Critical Social Research and Theory? - Jennifer Esposito/Venus Evans-Winters: Contextualizing Critical Action Research: Lessons from Urban Educators - Eduardo Lopez: From Disillusionment to Hope: Bicultural Practitioner Research - Jennifer Zapata: Teaching Beyond the Skill and Drill: Reimagining Curriculum and Learning in a High-Stakes Testing Environment - Rachel Klimke: Big History, Little World: The Politics of Social Justice Curriculum in Advanced Placement World History - Nien N. Tran: Challenging Standardized Curriculum: Recognizing, Critiquing, and Attempting to Transform the Learning Process - Inga Wilder: Perceptions of Health Education among Adolescents in an Urban School: A Project to Promote Empowerment and Health Literacy in an Underserved Community - Caitlin Cahill: Doing Research with Young People: Participatory Research and the Rituals of Collective Work - Madeline Fox/Michelle Fine: Circulating Critical Research: Reflections on Performance and Moving Inquiry into Action - Carolina Muñoz Proto: In Search of Critical Knowledge: Tracing Inheritance in the Landscape of Incarceration - Jennifer Ayala: Split Scenes, Converging Visions: The Ethical Terrains Where PAR and Borderlands Scholarship Meet - A. Suresh Canagarajah: From Critical Research Practice to Critical Research Reporting - Kath Fisher/Renata Phelps: Recipe or Performing Art?: Challenging Conventions for Writing Action Research Theses - Jessica Blanchard:

Patricia H. Hinchey is Professor of Education at Penn State and a Research Fellow at the National Education Policy Center (NEPC) at the University of Colorado, Boulder. She holds a doctorate from Teachers College, Columbia University, and has authored numerous articles as well as several books on topics including critical theory, education for civic engagement, action research, and teacher assessment. Dr. Hinchey is also a former director of a professional development unit for faculty on Penn State's regional campuses.