CONTENTS -- PROMOTING CHANGE THROUGH ACTION RESEARCH: International Case Studies in Education, Social Work, Health Care and Community Development -- PROMOTING CHANGE THROUGH A CTION RESEARCH: EDITORIAL -- ACTION RESEARCH IN SCHOOLS -- TEACHER EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT -- SOCIAL WORK, SOCIAL PEDAGOGY, HEALTH & CARE -- COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT -- WEAVING THE THREADS OF PRACTICE AND RESEARCH: Reflections on Fundamental Features of Action Research -- INTRODUCTION -- LINKING RESEARCH AND ACTION -- THE STUDY: RESEARCHING NETWORKS OF PRACTITIONER RESEARCHERS -- WEAVING THE THREADS OF PRACTICE AND RESEARCH, THE VIEWS OF PRACTITIONER ACTION RESEARCHERS -- Research as Collaborative, Evidence Informed Practice -- The Collaborative Components of Action Research -- Linking Research and School Administration -- REFLECTING ON THE LINKS BETWEEN PRACTICE AND RESEARCH -- How Do We Deal with the Implied Separation of Action and Research in Action Research? -- How Can Practice be Related to Action Research? -- How Can What Is Learnt from the Application of Action Research in Particular Settings, Be Applied to Other Contexts? -- How Does Action Research Relate to Leadership and Management Systems, Formal and Informal, in the Contexts Where It Is to Be Applied? -- PRAXIS AND REFLECTION ONLY GETS US SO FAR, CONSIDERATIONS IN THE PRACTICAL COMPONENTS OF ACTION RESEARCH -- REFERENCES -- INCLUSIVE SPORTS IN STYRIAN SCHOOLS -- INTRODUCTION -- GENERAL REMARKS ON THE PROJECT "INCLUSIVE SPORTS IN SCHOOLS" -- Practical Level -- Concept Level -- Start-Up of a Research Project -- Accompanying Research Project for the Development and Expansion of Inclusive Sports in Schools in Styria -- Particularities of the Cyclical Process of Action and Reflection -- ABSTRACTS AND RESULTS OF CASE STUDIES -- Case Study 1: "Golf and Integration" -- Results of the Case Study.

Case Study 2: "All Beginnings Are Hard" -- Research Questions -- Summarising Analysis -- DETAILED RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS FROM THE CASE STUDIES -- Inclusion of Children and Adolescents With and Without Special Needs in Sports Competitions -- Increase in Self-Confidence and Social Competency -- Constructivist Perspective: Inclusive Sports in Schools -- A SUMMARY OF THE POSITIVE OR UNEXPECTED EFFECTS OF INCLUSIVE SPORTS IN STYRIARECOGNITION AND DEVELOPING INTEREST ON DIFFERENT LE -- Level of School Administration in Styria -- Level of School and Classroom Teaching -- Level of Teachers' Training -- International Level -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX -- Inclusion Spectrum: Structure -- Open activity -- Modified activity -- Parallel activity -- Separate activity -- Disability sport activity -- PRACTITIONER COLLABORATION AT A GRADE FOUR MATHEMATICS CLASSROOM: By Way of Relational Knowing and Relational Agency -- INTRODUCTION -- RELATIONAL KNOWING - NARRATIVE INQUIRY -- RELATIONAL AGENCY - ACTIVITY THEORY -- COLLECTIVE ACTION - EXPLORATORY TALK -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- USING DRAWING IMAGES IN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH -- CONCEPTUALISING INCLUSIVE EDUCATION -- CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS -- RESEARCH SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS -- DATA COLLECTION METHODS -- DATA ANALYSIS -- FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION -- Teacher Qualities -- Recognition of Good Lessons/Specific Subjects -- Options/Activities -- REFLECTION ON THE PROCESS -- REFERENCES -- QUALITY CRITERIA FOR SCHOOLS FOCUSSING ON EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (ESD): A Case Study on Seminars for Teachers in Austria -- INTRODUCTION AND CONTEXT: THE AUSTRIAN ECO-SCHOOLS PROGRAMME - EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY (ECOLOG) -- SEMINARS FOR HEADS AND COORDINATORS TO ENHANCE QUALITY OF ESD/ECO SCHOOLS -- Seminar Format and Concept -- Process: Testing the Model and How We Learnt.

Adapting and Transfer of the Seminar Model -- Review of Approach -- Seminar Development from Summer 2011 to Autumn 2012 -- Analytic Discourse as a Tool for Reflection -- CURRENT STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT -- First Seminar Day -- Second Seminar Day -- CONCLUDING COMMENTS & OUTLOOK: CHANGING SCENES & TEAM -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- WEBSITES -- APPENDIX 1 -- APPENDIX 2 -- UTILIZING ACTION RESEARCH FOR LEARNING PROCESS SKILLS AND MINDSETS: Action Research Meets Group Dynamics -- INTRODUCTION -- WHY IS ACTION RESEARCH IMPORTANT FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE, ESPECIALLY FOR GROUP DYNAMICS? -- UTILIZING ACTION RESEARCH AND ACTION LEARNING FOR LEARNING PROCESS SKILLS AND MINDSETS -- AN EXAMPLE: ACTION LEARNING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN CHANGING TIMES - THE VALUE OF RESEARCH IN CHALLENGING TRADITIONAL TRAINING PRACTICE AND SUPPORTING COLLAB -- CONTEXT -- PARADIGMS -- METHODS -- Literature Review -- Stage One and Two Studies -- Stage One Study -- Qualitative Methods Used in Stage One Study -- Findings -- Conclusions of the Stage One Study -- Stage Two Study -- Methodology -- Overall Findings and Trends from the Questionnaires -- RESEARCH CONCLUSIONS -- Reinforcement of the SBK Model as Both a Reflection of Practice and a Framework for Developing and Evaluating Training and Learning -- Development of Communities -- Sense of 'Professionalism' -- Understanding Roles -- Impact on Training Design and Delivery -- Challenging Ideas/Conflict Generating Debate -- RESEARCH RECOMMENDATIONS -- IMPACT OF THE RESEARCH - THE FUTURE -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX ONE A SKILLS, BEHAVIOURS AND KNOWLEDGE MATRIX -- SYNERGISTIC COOPERATION OF SCHOOL-BASED ACTION RESEARCH WITH UNIVERSITY-BASED DIDACTIC INVESTIGATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- IMST AND THE THEMATIC PROGRAM "COMPETENCIES IN MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE TEACHING".

COOPERATION OF SCHOOL-BASED PROJECTS ON SUBJECT-RELATED LANGUAGE COMPETENCE WITH A SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH PROJECT -- A UNIVERSITY-BASED PROJECT ON EXPERIMENTAL COMPETENCIES OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS -- CROSS-CASE ANALYSIS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A TEACHER RESEARCHER? A TURKISH PERSPECTIVE -- INTRODUCTION -- METHOD -- FINDINGS -- The Concept -- The Process -- The Goal -- IMPLICATIONS FOR TEACHER EDUCATION IN TURKEY -- REFERENCES -- CHANGING TEACHING PRACTICE USING INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY: A Teacher Students Collaborative Action Research -- THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY -- ACTION RESEARCH PERSPECTIVES -- NEW TECHNOLOGIES -- THE ACTION RESEARCH PROCESS -- Planning -- Acting -- The First Cycle -- The Second Cycle -- SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- THE REFLECTIVE PERSPECTIVE OF NARRATIVE IN EDUCATIONAL ACTION RESEARCH -- INTRODUCTION -- EPISTEMOLOGICAL AND EDUCATIONAL FRAMEWORK -- Postmodernism and Education -- The Hermeneutic Approach as an Early Postmodern Approach -- QUALITATIVE EDUCATIONAL APPROACH: NARRATIVE AND ACTION RESEARCH -- Narrative Research -- Narrative as a Research Tool -- Narrative and Educational Action Research -- DISCUSSION: RESEARCH PERSPECTIVES -- REFERENCES -- PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH IN SOCIAL WORK -- SPHERES OF PARTICIPATION AND ASPECTS OF PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH IN FIELDS OF SOCIAL WORK -- Credo of a Common Producer-Cooperation -- Characteristics of Participatory Research -- Specification of Participation -- YOUTH RESEARCH ON THE PERCEPTION OF VIOLENCE -- Goal of the Project -- Sample -- Phases -- FORUM THEATRE AS AN EMANCIPATORY AND PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH METHOD IN SOCIAL WORK -- What is Forum Theatre? -- Forum Theatre as a Method of Participatory Research -- Forum Theatre in Fields of Social Work: Reflection and Results -- THE DELPHI METHOD AS A PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH TOOL.

Background -- Creating a Public Sphere -- Reflection and Introspection -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- DIALOGICAL PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH IN SOCIAL WORK USING DELTA-REFLECTING TEAMS -- ACTION RESEARCH AS JOINT ACTION -- THE STUDY -- THE COACHING -- THE ACTION RESEARCH AND THE SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE -- RESEARCH OF JOINT ACTIONS AS RIDING IN THE PELOTON OF A CYCLING TOUR -- DELTA-REFLECTING AND REFLECTING TEAMS -- IN THE CONTEXT OF DIALOGICAL PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH (DPAR) -- REFERENCES -- PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH IN THE FIELD OF SOCIAL PEDAGOGY IN CROATIA: Current State and Challenges -- (RE)DISCOVERING PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH IN SOCIAL PEDAGOGY IN CROATIA -- THE CONTEXT - SOCIAL PEDAGOGY IN CROATIA -- CHILDREN'S PARTICIPATION IN RESEARCH -- REFLECTIONS ON RESEARCH PARTICIPATION WITH CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN PRACTICE - TWO CROATIAN EXAMPLES -- Social-Pedagogical Diagnosis: Beneficiaries' Participation in the Process of Needs Assessment and Intervention Planning -- Children's Perspective on Foster Care -- Participation of Children - Comparison of the Two Croatian Examples -- CURRENT CHALLENGES IN PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH WITH CHILDREN IN CROATIA WITHIN THE FIELD OF SOCIAL PEDAGOGY -- System Related Obstacles -- Person Related Obstacles -- Technical Obstacles -- CONCLUDING THOUGHTS -- REFERENCES -- CREATING A COMMUNITY OF REFLECTIVE PRACTICE: Supporting Children and Mothers in Recovery from Domestic Abuse -- A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE CONTEXT OF THE CEDAR PROGRAMME IN SCOTLAND -- The Cedar Pilot in Scotland -- OUR OFFER OF ACTION RESEARCH: TO BRING A DIFFERENT WORLD INTO EXISTENCE -- An Action Research Approach to Evaluation -- An Overview of Research Design and Methods -- REFLECTIONS ON CREATING A COMMUNITY OF INQUIRY -- Developing a Theory of Change -- Feedback as Motivation -- Participant Voice -- The Value of Stories.

CONCLUSIONS: A DIFFERENT WORLD - THE CREATION OF PRACTICAL, LIVING KNOWLEDGE.