Our way(s) to action research: Doctoral students' international and interdisciplinary collective memory work
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2014

This study involved six Swedish and Canadian doctoral students who shared interests in using action research in professional education in different disciplines. We employed Noffke's three dimensions of action research as a theoretical framework (i.e., the Professional, the Personal, and the Political). Using collective biography as a methodology, we cooperatively examined how our personal and professional agendas and macro-level structures have been shaping our intentions to conduct action research projects in our respective disciplines. The key findings of this international and interdisciplinary collective biography relate our growing awareness of the intimacy between research and life in various professional and geographic contexts. Collectively addressing our shared frustrations, we celebrated action research as a methodology that attends to the dynamic and concrete lived experiences of our participants in various spatio-temporalities. Reflecting upon the hybridity of our own researcher identities, we were also able to see the intimate relation between ourselves as active citizens and critical action researchers who are determined to take up the challenges and engage in critically oriented action research that could nurture more "caring,'' "empowering,'' and "transforming'' public spheres.

collective biography

Professional

Personal

Action research

Political dimensions

Författare

Z. Zhang

Chinese University of Hong Kong

D. Fyn

Western University

Lill Langelotz

Högskolan i Borås

Johanna Lönngren

Chalmers, Tillämpad informationsteknologi, Avdelningen för ingenjörsutbildningsvetenskap (EER)

L. McCorquodale

Western University

Jaana Nehez

Göteborgs universitet

Action Research

1476-7503 (ISSN) 17412617 (eISSN)

Vol. 12 3 293-314

Ämneskategorier

Utbildningsvetenskap

Drivkrafter

Hållbar utveckling

Lärande och undervisning

Pedagogiskt arbete

DOI

10.1177/1476750314534452

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