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Critical Aspects to Consider When Establishing Collaboration between School Leaders and Researchers: Two Cases from Sweden
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Anette Forssten Seiser; Ingela Portfelt – Educational Action Research, 2024
The aim of this study is to explore what happened -- and why -- in a collaboration between ourselves as researchers and school leaders from two different schools in Sweden. The theory of practice architectures is used to frame the study. The goal of the collaboration was to enhance the scientific foundation of school practices, which motivated the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Cooperation, Leadership, Administrators
Improving a Swedish Health Practice for Refugees through Participatory Action Research: Potentials and Constraints
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Anna Fabri; Anna Jobér – Educational Action Research, 2024
This paper reports on a two-year project focusing on health communicators working with refugees in Sweden. By employing participatory action research and the theory of practice architectures, the study examines a health information practice for newly arrived refugees and highlights its potentials and constraints. The joint meetings that occurred…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Services, Participatory Research, Action Research
Action Research as Professional Learning in and through Practice
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Susanne Francisco; Anette Forssten Seiser; Anette Olin Almqvist – Professional Development in Education, 2024
It is widely accepted that professional learning is a crucial aspect of the ongoing professional practice of educators. But how should this professional learning take place, and what arrangements enable and constrain practices associated with educator learning? In this article, we explore two case studies of action research projects: one…
Descriptors: Action Research, Teacher Education, Vocational Education, Teachers
PHR in Health and Social Care for Older People--Regional Development through Learning within and across Organisations
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Rämgård, Margareta; Forsgren, Annika; Avery, Helen – Educational Action Research, 2017
The study draws on findings from a series of seven participatory action research projects in community care for older people carried out over a period of eight years in 20 municipalities in southern Sweden. The analysis here looks at social impact across administrative levels and geographical scales. Different professional groups and care workers…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Participatory Research, Medical Research, Health Services
Empowering Students to Handle Conflicts through the Use of Drama
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Malm, Birgitte; Lofgren, Horst – Journal of Peace Education, 2007
DRACON (DRAma for CONflict management) is an interdisciplinary and comparative action research project aimed at improving conflict handling among adolescent schoolchildren through the use of educational drama. The main purpose of our research has been to develop an integrated programme using conflict management as the theory and practice, and…
Descriptors: Action Research, Conflict, Diaries, Conflict Resolution
A Challenge for Teachers and Students in the 21st Century: How To Cope with Personal Ignorance and Generate Knowledge in an Information-Centred World.
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Baird, John – 2000
The information explosion and exponential development of information-accessing tools has had a disempowering effect on many people. A major challenge of the information-centered world is for students and teachers alike to learn how to assert responsibility and control over personal practice. Meeting this challenge may require personal…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Action Research, Adult Learning, Comparative Analysis