Open AccessAction Research and Social Movement
Author(s) -
Stephen Kemmis
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
education policy analysis archives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.727
H-Index - 46
ISSN - 1068-2341
DOI - 10.14507/epaa.v1n1.1993
Subject(s) - action (physics) , movement (music) , action research , educational research , macro , sociology , relation (database) , scale (ratio) , social movement , connection (principal bundle) , epistemology , psychology , pedagogy , political science , politics , computer science , philosophy , physics , structural engineering , quantum mechanics , database , law , programming language , engineering , aesthetics
Large-scale policy research on topics of concern to teachers may assist in changing educational theory, policy and practice, as may educational action research. This article discusses different traditions of action research in relation to their views about the connection of research and social movement, touching on the so-called "macro-micro" problem which bedevils conceptualizations of this relationship.