Moving from noninterventionist research to participatory action: challenges for academe

Abstract

Drawing on research experience as a doctoral candidate, this paper analyses the judgment calls, changing research philosophy, and methodology of a researcher trained within a noninterventionist paradigm as she moves into participatory action research. The nature of research for credentials shapes the research experience and raises issues concerning alignment and power in academe, the way in which research questions are generated, the degree to which research foci can be flexible, the format of text, and ownership of that text.