Comparar métodos

	Investigación-acción	Investigación-Acción Participativa (IAP)
Campo	Investigación cualitativa	Cualitativa
Familia	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Año de origen	1946	1940s (Lewin); PAR as distinct tradition formalised ~1970s–1980s
Autor original	Kurt Lewin; expanded by Kemmis, McTaggart, Reason & Bradbury	Kurt Lewin (action research foundations, 1940s); systematised for participatory contexts by Orlando Fals Borda, Paulo Freire, and William Foote Whyte
Tipo	Method	Qualitative research method
Fuente seminal	Lewin, K. (1946). Action research and minority problems. Journal of Social Issues, 2(4), 34–46.	Kemmis, S., McTaggart, R., & Nixon, R. (2014). The Action Research Planner: Doing Critical Participatory Action Research. Springer.
Alias	Participatory Action Research, PAR, Collaborative Inquiry	PAR, community-based participatory research, collaborative action research, participatory inquiry
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Resumen	Action research is a collaborative research methodology in which researchers work with practitioners and community members to investigate a problem, implement change, and evaluate outcomes, cycling through reflection, action, and learning. Developed by Kurt Lewin (1946), action research bridges research and practice, aiming simultaneously to produce knowledge and practical improvement.	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.