Resources and Recommended Reading

Action Research Resources maintained by Bob Dick, at the Southern Cross University, Australia.

Action Research International online Journal for Action Research

 

Cornell's very own Participatory Action Research Network, linked to other PAR resources and archives, includes calendar of PAR activities near you and PAR bookshop. Click here

 

Bill Trochim's Social Research Methods Web-Base contains the Research Methods Knowledge base and a rich source of web tutorials on a variety of research topics.

 

Yoland Wardsworth, What is PAR?

 

Contributed papers on action research by a variety of people; this is a mirror site of the action research reader at Ian's "Action Research on the Web", site hosted by the University of Sydney.

 

Introduction to Action Research: Democratizing the Research Process, Davydd J. Greenwood, and Morten Levin Paperback / Published 1998.  It is an excellent book for anyone venturing out into the world of Action Research. To Purchase or to know more click here.

 

Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) Bibliography: compiled at the Institute for Development Studies, Brighton. It includes abstracts of 3000 unpublished articles by practitioners and researchers.  It also includes notes from field studies and critical reflections.  The website is hosted by Britain's Premier Institute of Development Studies. Click here to view.

 

Website compiled and created by:

Ami Sengupta