Chapter Questions
Challenging the status quo: How can we do things differently?
Describe the change issue and the desired direction of the change.
Changing existing power relations: Do we have the power to change this for ourselves?
List the political forces driving change and those restraining in a diagram which has the forces in opposition to one another. Give a weighting to the forces,
The system reasserting existing power relations: I don't have the authority to change this for myself.
those that are stronger and more powerful than others.
When I collaborate with others, how can confidentiality be maintained?
Focus on the restraining forces and assess which of the significant ones need to be worked on and those which can be worked on.
If my action research project is a 'journey' and 'evolves' how can informed consent be meaningful?
Develop plans for reducing these forces.
As action research can have political consequences, how can I avoid doing harm to others?