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Geography Teachers as Action Researchers

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International Handbook on Geographical Education

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The origins of action research lay back in the 1940s when Kurt Lewin, a social psychologist with an interest in group dynamics, devised with colleagues a research methodology which sought to generate practical solutions to social problems (Lewin, 1948). This methodology attempted to enable groups, with the support of external consultants, to explore their problems objectively with a view to effecting change. Central to the success of this process was the use of an ‘action cycle’, which included elements of analysis, fact finding, conceptualisation, planning, implementation and evaluation of action (McKernan, 1991; Naish, 1996).

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  1. Faculty of Education, Health and Professional Studies, University of New England, 2351, Armidale, Australia

    Rod Gerber

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Butt, G. (2003). Geography Teachers as Action Researchers. In: Gerber, R. (eds) International Handbook on Geographical Education. The GeoJournal Library, vol 73. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1942-1_19

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