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Participatory Action Research

Participatory Action Research (PAR) is a qualitative, community-centred methodology in which researchers and community members collaborate as co-investigators to identify a shared problem, take deliberate action, observe outcomes, and reflect critically on results — cycling iteratively until meaningful change is achieved. Unlike conventional research that studies people from the outside, PAR treats participants as active agents who co-own the research process, the knowledge produced, and the practical interventions that follow.

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Participatory Action Research (PAR)
Taxonomic method record · process-pipeline / qualitative
  • Kemmis, S., McTaggart, R., & Nixon, R. (2014). The Action Research Planner: Doing Critical Participatory Action Research. Springer. · URL
  • Reason, P., & Bradbury, H. (Eds.). (2006). Handbook of Action Research: Concise Paperback Edition. Sage. · URL
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