Action research can be described as a family of research methodologies which pursue action (or change) and research (or understanding) at the same time. In most of its forms it does this by * using a cyclic or spiral process which alternates between action and critical reflection and * in the later cycles, continuously refining methods, data and interpretation in the light of the understanding ... [MORE] 1. Action Research-Values Based Inquiries - This is a site for educators interested in researching their own professional practice. Included are stories of practitioner researchers working in most areas of education. 2. Action Research Resources - A large collection of resources on action research and related topics, including an on line course. 3. Actionresearch: An Overview - The article outlines several variants of teacher/action research, describing some of the different "tools" and "intentions" of a number of prominent qualitative researchers. 4. Our People, Our Resources - Online handbook illustrating action-research concepts, methods and tools, for primary environmental care at the interface of population dynamics and natural resource management for rural communities. 5. Process in Our Participatory Action - The article proposes some ways of distinguishing action research and learning processes in research practices, particularly with regard to experiences of reconciliation at an inter-racial level. 6. Reflexivity and Narratives in Action Research: A Discursive Approach - The paper offers an analysis of how narratives may be reflexively used at different stages of the research process as a tool to access the interpretative frameworks that actors use to construct their accounts of events and to make sense of their action. 7. The Imoyase Group - Community programs, evaluation, action research, asset mapping and assistance with grant writing, culture-based research, program evaluations and community empowerment.

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