Action research - applied research, intervention research, collaborative research, practitioner research, or praxis research?

International Journal of Action Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 9-44

  Eikeland, Olav ^a  

^a WORK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Action research; Collaborative research; Intervention research; Practitioner research; Praxis; Ways of knowing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858390952     PISSN: 18611303     EISSN: 18619916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1688/1861-9916_IJAR_2012_01_Eikeland     Document Type: Article

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