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Kurt Lewin and the Origins of Action Research

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Adelman, Clem·1993·Educational Action Research
DOI 10.1080/0965079930010102
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(1993). Kurt Lewin and the Origins of Action Research. Educational Action Research: Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 7-24.

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  • Action Research later gained currency as a popular approach for professionals such as teachers and nurses to develop their own practices, and tended to focus on relatively small-scale adjustments.

    “Action Research later gained currency as a popular approach for professionals such as teachers and nurses to develop their own practices, and tended to focus on relatively small-scale adjustments, within a given institutional structure, rather than challenging power relations as in anticolonial PAR 13,20 .”

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    In the section on subsequent UK action research (page unavailable), Adelman describes small-scale programmes and teachers researching their own practice, and criticises a later emphasis on individual reflection over group and institutional change. The copy does not establish the claim about nurses or characterise action research generally as limited to small adjustments within existing institutions; it also describes participatory work that addressed power relations. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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  1. Adams, E. (1980) Ford Teaching Project, in L. Stenhouse (Ed.) Curriculum Research and Development in Action. London: Helnemann.
  2. Adelman, C. (1989) The practical ethic takes priority over methodology, in W. Carr (Ed.) Quality in Teaching: arguments for a reflective profession. Brighton: Falmer Press.
  3. Adelman, C. & Fletcher, C. (1982) Collaboration as a research process, Quarterly Journal of Community Education, 1, pp. 15-24.
  4. Coates, K. & Silburn, R. (1970) Poverty -the forgotten Englishman. Harmondsworth: Penguin.
  5. Cook, M. (1975b) Bridging the gap between theory and practice -a review of Ford Teaching Project publications, The Times Educational Supplement, 18 July.
  6. Corey, S.M. (1953) Action Research to Improve School Practices. New York: Bureau of Publications, Teachers' College, Columbia University Press.
  7. Elliott, J. (1976) Developing hypotheses about classrooms from teachers' practical constructs, Interchange, 7(2), pp. 2-22.
  8. Halsey, A. (1972) Educational Priority, Vol. 1. London: HMSO.
  9. Midwinter, E.C. (1972) Priority Education. Harmondsworth: Penguin.

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Authors
Adelman, C.
Affiliations
University of Reading (GB)
Corresponding author
Adelman, Clem
Venue
Educational Action Research
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
1993-01
Volume
1
Issue
1
Pages
7-24
ISSN
  • 0965-0792 (ISSN-L)
  • 1747-5074
DOI
10.1080/0965079930010102
OpenAlex
W2087245619
Cited by
913
References
42
Citations by year
2026: 40 · 2025: 50 · 2024: 60 · 2023: 79 · 2022: 107 · 2021: 75 · 2020: 112 · 2019: 51 · 2018: 50 · 2017: 48 · 2016: 39 · 2015: 34 · 2014: 34 · 2013: 26 · 2012: 16
FWCI
7.92
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
Educational Action Research (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Appreciative Inquiry and Organizational Change
  • Social Sciences › Education › Education and Art Integration
  • Social Sciences › Education › Educational Research and Methods
Keywords
Kurt Lewin, action research, history of action research, field theory, social psychology, history of educational research

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