Student participation in teachers’ action research: teachers’ and students’ engagement in social learning In the literature on professional learning communities, students are rarely considered participants. Research indicates that student participation is primarily designated as a ‘data source’, with s...

What if students were more than just data points in #TeacherResearch? In his latest #EducationalActionResearch article, Peter Johannesson explores how involving students in reflection, co-creation & problem-solving can transform classrooms into spaces of shared learning. #StudentVoice

Action research for awareness, advocacy, and activism Published in Educational Action Research: Connecting Research and Practice for Professionals and Communities (Vol. 33, No. 2, 2025)

How can action research move beyond reflection to drive social change? The latest issue of Educational Action Research explores AR as a tool for awareness, advocacy, and activism, with powerful examples from around the world.
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Schuurman, Groot & Abma explore building more inclusive, sustainable communities WITH citizens, not just FOR them. Check out their learning and process in the article! #EducationalActionResearch #KnowledgeMobilization #agefriendly #DynamicKnowledgeSynthesis

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Dreaming a better future: irreverent beings who say what we cannot This paper/visual art/puppet show is about the more-than-human entities who help me include my whole self in my teaching and other research. It is about how generative it is to be our whole, sacred...

What if we stopped squeezing into “normal” and embraced our sacred, messy, playful selves in research & teaching?
Stasha Huntingford’s latest EAR piece—part paper, part art, part puppet show—invites us to play, disrupt & resist. #educationalactionresearch #ArtAsResistance #ParticipatoryResearch

Intra-acting with the self: diffracting reflexivity in action-based research Action research methodologies are dynamic, as they often evolve with a group and are shaped by multiple contributions that can change over time. As researchers are embedded within this process, ref...

Action research isn’t linear—it shifts with people and context. So, how do we reflect in ways that honor that complexity? Elizabeth Ascroft explores diffractive reflexivity through doodling, journaling, and poetry in a sexuality ed project in Aruba. #EducationalActionResearch
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Books that changed my life series: David Coghlan | The official PubCast of the Educational Action Research Journal In this episode, you’ll hear from action researcher and author David Couglan as he explores how Edgar H. Schein’s book Process Consultation profoundly impacted his life and practice. This article was ...

Action researcher and author David Couglan explores how Edgar H. Schein’s book Process Consultation profoundly impacted his life and practice in EAR's latest pubcast. #EducationalActionResearch #pubcast #processconsultation

‘We are changed yet the same…we can make a difference’: using a critical, creative, collaborative inquiry process to understand and develop professional artistry in nursing Professional practice in health and social care is embodied by the practitioners concerned, embedded in practice contexts and creative in nature. It is therefore complex to investigate, understand ...

What if there was a way to reclaim space for creativity & collaboration in healthcare?
Donna Frost, Angie Titchen & Brendan McCormack explore a new inquiry method for nurses under pressure. #educationalactionresearch #PAR #healthcare

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Relational knowledge and young people’s cancer care: how community-based participatory research promotes learning and directs action in practice This paper reflects on the dynamic of co-developing knowledge within a Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) project in the UK that set out to direct teenage and young adult Ambulatory Care...

What happens when young people with lived experience of cancer take the lead in research? Read Alison Finch & Michela Quecchia's paper! #ParticipatoryResearch #CBPR #educationalactionresearch www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09650792.2024.2420901