Editor Ian Hughes

Associate Editor Bob Dick

NEW ARTICLES

Koori action research in community health Ian Hughes, Priscilla Goolagong, Freidoon Khavarpour & Cherry Russell

CONTENTS

1. Introduction Ian Hughes

Discussion Articles

2. The history of action research Janet Masters
3. Participatory action research: Getting the job done K.Seymour-Rolls & I. Hughes
4. Action research in Finland Marjatta Palmu
5. Action Research: Comparison with the concepts of ‘The Reflective Practitioner’ and ‘Quality Assurance’ Regina Hatten, Donna Knapp and Ruth Salonga
6. Using participatory action research in a local government setting Jenny Aimers
7. Focus group interviews in qualitative research - a review of the literature M. Lewis
8. How to Keep a research diary Ian Hughes

Action Research Reports

9. Improving wound care in a paediatric surgical ward Rowene Brooker 
10. Business as usual or action research in practice? S. Wortley
11. Memos to myself: A tool to improve reflection during an action research project Shankar Sankaram
12. Koori action research in community health Ian Hughes, Priscilla Goolagong, Freidoon Khavarpour & Cherry Russell

Other Works

As an example of debate in the action research community, we present an e-mail discussion with commentary and editing. This exhibit demonstrates a developing understanding of differences in approaches to action research. This is a long document.
Validity and Action Research: An Online Conversation  Judith M. Newman with Shankar Sankaran, Brian Murphy, Jack Whitehead, Bob Dick, Pam Swepson, John O'Brien, Dina Boogaard and Pat D'Arcy

Links to Readings on line

	Copy of this Reader at Southern Cross University
	Action Research for Evaluation  Ian Hughes (presentation)
	Action Research Resources from Bob Dick
	PARnet Scholarly Publications Online
	Jack Whitehead's Action Research
	Can action research be made more rigorous in a positivist sense? The contribution of an iterative approach by Nereu F. Kock Jr. , Robert J. McQueen, and John L. Scott

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