General

Action Research Network, Ireland.  "To provide a network of contacts for those involved in action research, action learning and organisational learning in Ireland"

Action Research resource list on emTech  ("Over 15,000 resources organized by topics for teachers, students, parents, and others").

Action Research/Teacher as Researcher at Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning.

Action Science Network

American Evaluation Association.  "Devoted to the application and exploration of evaluation in all its forms"

Centre for Action Research and Training (CART), India.  "With a commitment to sustainable development CART aims and priorities emerged to work with rural and tribal communities which are vulnerable to underdevelopment."

Classroom Action Research 1990-2000 Abstracts, Staff & Organization Development at Madison Metropolitan School District, USA.

Community Development Society.  "professional association for community development practitioners and citizen leaders around the world [. . .] represent[ing] a variety of fields: education, health care, social services, government, utilities, economic development practitioners, citizen groups, and more"

Community Psychology Net.  "comprehensive guide to the field of community psychology, prevention, intervention, and action research [. . .] meant to be a resource for educators, professionals, researchers, graduate and undergraduate students, and others. . ."

Down East Spiral Network at The Social Movement & Reform Page.  "Dedicated to community development"

Educating as Inquiry -- A Teacher Action Research Site at Literacy & Learning by J. M. Newman.

Educational Action Research of Triangle Journals.  "a fully-refereed international journal concerned with exploring the unity between educational research and practice" and "publishes accounts of a range of action research and related studies, in education and across the professions, with the aim of making their outcomes widely available and exemplifying the variety of possible styles of reporting"

Eldis Gateway to Development Information.  "Gateway to Information Sources on Development and the Environment [. . .] an easy route to the latest information on development and environmental issues"

Ericae.net.  "Your clearinghouse for assessment, evaluation, and research information"

Evaluation, Help Desk and Library Catalogue at Australian Local Government Information Service (ALGIS).  "the Australian Local Government Industry's original and most comprehensive public access research service"

Institute of Development Studies (IDS), UK.  " Participation Resource Centre"

International Foundation for Action Learning (IFAL), UK.  "Managing the unknown through questioning"

MandE (Monitoring & Evaluation) News.  "A news service focusing on developments in monitoring and evaluation methods relevant to development projects and programmes with social development objectives"

National Writing Project (initially associated with Graduate School of Education at University of California, Berkeley, USA).  "Improving writing and learning in the nation's schools"

Paulo Freire Institute (Instituto Paulo Freire), Brazil.  "to construct a large, fertile, and generous encounter between institutions, projects, dreams, and people [. . . ] capable of accomplishing social transformations"

Public discussions on aspects of sectarian division in Derry Londonderry (1994-96) by CCRU (currently Community Relations Unit of the government of Northern Ireland).  "two year action-research project on aspects of segregation and sectarian division in Derry Londonderry"

Service-Learning & Engaged Scholarship by R. J. Crews.  "virtual guide to, and library of, service-learning"

Social Impact.  "a management consulting and training firm [. . . ] to realize dramatic improvements in the capacities of organizations to become more effective agents of social and economic change"

Society for Community Research and Action of American Psychological Association.  "an international organization devoted to advancing theory, research, and social action.  Its members are committed to promoting health and empowerment and to preventing problems in communities, groups, and individuals."

Teacher-As-Researcher at ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) Digest of U.S. Department of Education.

Templegrove Action Research Limited - Introduction at CAIN (Conflict Archive on the INternet) associated with University of Ulster, UK.

This Is Our Land!  Teens Speak out on Nature and Community in the City at Oakland Museum of California, USA.  "the story of how neighbors of Jungle Hill, a one-acre vacant lot in east Oakland, California, worked together to revitalize the land and strengthen their community"

World Alliance for Citizen Participation (CIVICUS). "Promoting a worldwide community of informed, inspired, committed citizens who are actively engaged in confronting the challenges facing humanity"

Colleges/Universities

Canterbury Christ Church University College, UK: Centre for Education Leadership and School Improvement.

Goshen College, USA: Internet Resources for Participatory Action Research Sites at Sociology-Anthropology Department.

Loyola University, USA: Policy Research Action Group (PRAG) at Center for Urban Research and Learning.   "to facilitate collaborative relationships between universities and CBOs to do actionable research that leads to social change and leadership development in the public policy arena" & "very consciously community-oriented"

Queen's University, Canada: Action Research at Faculty of Education

- A selection of quotations related to action research

- Action inquiry assignment

- Five Elementary Action Research Summaries.

La Trobe University, Australia: Association for Qualitative Research.

Massey University, New Zealand: Natural Resource Management (NRM) Programme

-  Action Research Resources for Environment and Development on nrm-changelinks.net.  "links for developing change in natural resource management") 

Southern Cross University, Australia: Graduate College of Management

- Action research electronic reader

- Action research resources

- Action research work in progress

- Links to action research (and other) resources elsewhere

- Occasional pieces in action research methodology.

University of Bath, UK: Department of Education

- ActionResearch.net by J. Whitehead

- Center for Action Research in Professional Practice (CARPP).

University of Colorado at Denver, USA: Action Research Bibliography by School of Education & Human Development.

University of East Anglia Norwich, UK

- Centre for Applied Research in Education (CARE).  "A centre for research and evaluation in education and the professions. Serving lifelong learning in the public and private sectors."

- Collaborative Action Research Network (CARN).  "A network for professional development"

University of Minnesota at Twin Cities, USA: Center for Urban and Regional Affairs.  "all-University applied research and technology center [. . .] that connects faculty and students with nonprofit organizations, ethnic and racial minority groups, businesses, rural towns, inner-city neighborhoods, suburban communities, local governments, and public agencies in Minnesota"

University of Toronto, Canada:

- Quality of Life Research Unit at Centre for Health Promotion in Department of Health Sciences

References

Baumann, J. F., Allen, J., & Shockley, B. (n.d.). Research questions teachers ask.  (at Curry School of Education, University of Virginia, USA)

Boulanger, M. (u.d.). The cooperation council as an action research project in a grade 5 class.  (at Action Research at Queen's University, Canada)

Bolt, E., Espejo, N., & Lammerink, M. (n.d.). Action research on community-managed water supply, "Knowledge more valuable than gifts".

Brooks-Cathcart, K. (1994, December). Reflections on action research todays, tomorrows & yesterdays in my backyard.  (at Action Research at Queen's University, Canada)

Delong, J. (1996). Facilitating and supporting action research by teachers and principals: Self-study of a superintendent’s role.  (at Action Research at Queen's University, Canada)

Feldman, A. (2000). Action research reading list, fall 2000. (at School of Education (UNIX site), University of Massachusetts, USA)

Fetterman, D. M. (2001). Collaborative, participatory, & empowerment evaluation.  (at Stanford University, USA)  "Brief introduction to empowerment evaluation"

Goodson, I. F. (1993). The devil's bargain educational research and the teacher, Education Policy Analysis Archives, March 5, Vol. 1, No. 3.

Huizer, G. (1997, May). Participatory action research and people's participation: Introduction and case studies.  (at SD Dimensions of Food and Agriculture Organization; FAO)

Hurst, J. (1995). Popular Education. Educator: Education and Social Change, Spring, Vol. 9, No. 1.  (at Graduate School of Education, University of California at Berkeley, USA)

Kemmis, S. (1993). Action research and social movement: A challenge for policy research. Education Policy Analysis Archives.

MacIsaac, D. (1996). An introduction to action research.  (at Department of Physics, SUNY Buffalo College, USA)

McLean, J. E. (1995, March). Improving education through action research: A guide for administrators and teachers (Roadmaps to success). CA, USA: Corwin Press.   (at Amazon.co.jp or Amazon.com)

O'Brien, R. (1998, April). An overview of the methodological approach of action research.

O'Brien, R. (1998, April). Initial activities in implementing an action research project in a community of interest.

Padak, N., & Padak, G. (n.d.). Research to practice: Guidelines for planning action research projects.  (at Ohio Literacy Resource Center)

Prendergast, M. (1994, December). Seven stages in my first action research project.  (at Action Research at Queen's University, Canada)

Riding, P., Fowell, S., & Levy, P. (n.d.). An action research approach to curriculum development.

Sohng, S. S. L. (1995, November). Participatory research and community organizing. Working paper presented at the New Social Movement and Community Organizing Conference, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.  (at New Social Movement Network)