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Concepts and TransformationVol. 1:1 (1996) ► pp.51–61
Is Action Research Really 'Research1?
The case of Action Research drives a wedge between two opposite views of research methodology: an 'exclusive ' (Platonic/theoretical) one which insists that only objective and quantitative inquiries (as in physics) are genuine scientific research, and an 'inclusive ' (Aristotelian/practical) one that recognizes a need to adapt the research methods of different inquiries to the nature of their problems. The latter approach involves seeing issues of methodology as dependent on half-a-dozen contextual factors, which are crucial to Action Research, yet which the former approach ignores.
Keywords: Episteme, Value Free., Theory, Knowledge, Scientific Research, Action Research, Phronesis
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