Creative action research

Pragmatic Fieldwork: Qualitative Research for Creative Democracy and Social Action

This paper sets the foundation for a new method for addressing social problems called pragmatic fieldwork. I developed the method while working with nonprofit organizations that serve homeless youth and young adults. The approach is informed by qualitative research, participatory action research, and the philosophical tradition of pragmatism. In this text, I lay out the methodological framework...

Creative action in mind

An Introduction to Action Research

سخن سردبیر Editorial مجله دانشگاه علوم پزشکی رفسنجان دوره 18، تیر 1398، 323-324             مقدمه‌ای بر پژوهش عملیاتی   An Introduction to Action Research     محسن رضائیان[1]   M.Rezaeian   کرت لوین (1947-1890) Kurt Lewin را بنیانگذار پژوهش عملیاتی Action Research می‌دانند. کاربردی که وی از پژوهش عملیاتی در نظر داشت عبارت بود از: پاسخ‌گویی به یک مسأله اجتماعی که با مشارکت فعا...

An Umbrella Named Action Research

Action research is a means for creating meaning and promoting understanding of complex social situations, and improving the quality of human interactions and performance in those situations. Action research is one of the words that can be heard now frequently in the educational cycle, but there are several definitions for it. Literature review shows that several writers have referred to this co...

Creative Research & Development Collaborations

Around the world there are many examples of how universities and industry work together to create new knowledge and new economic value. Motivating creative, smart people to work together can be one of the hardest aspects of such endeavours, especially where various arrangements and agreements need to take the commercial interests of industry into account as well as the highly aspirational inter...