Alliance for Catholic Education / Institute for Educational Initiatives

Links to conference abstracts, listservs, and other resources supporting action research.

(online table of contents only) - "A fully refereed international journal concerned with exploring the dialogue between research and practice in educational settings. The considerable increase in interest in action research in recent years has been accompanied by the development of a number of different approaches: for example, to promote reflective practice; professional development; empowerment; understanding of tacit professional knowledge; curriculum development; individual, institutional and community change; and development of democratic management and administration."

ND does not subscribe to Educational Action Research, but you can view the table of contents online for free. If you are want to read an article, you can request a copy via interlibrary loan.

"A peer reviewed online journal published by the Center for Practitioner Research at National-Louis University. The journal serves as a forum for scholarly work pertaining to practitioner research. Readers and contributors include university, school, arts, and museum based practitioners. The journal features original practitioner research studies, theoretical articles pertaining to practitioner research, descriptions of practitioner research centers and book reviews."

IJAR is a refereed journal, appearing three times a year. The editors invite contributions from academic social sciences, giving special attention to action research and action research practice, to conceptual and theoretical articles pertaining to its focus and to discussions on the changing worlds of work and society.

Systemic Practice and Action Research (SPAR) is dedicated to critical systems thinking and its applications and building an understanding of the complexities of modern society. The journal examines the effects of technological advancement, including older technologies that continue to have profound effects on society today.

Catholic schools have established themselves as unparalleled engines of both human formation and social transformation. They have a proven record of producing young men and women who are more likely to graduate from high school, engage in the political process, and give back to society through charitable activities. For the future of our children, our Church, and our nation, it is imperative that we preserve and transform these institutions, which have so much potential to, as Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI put it, “nurture the soul of our nation.”

The CRRA is a nonprofit (501c3) membership alliance of institutions collaborating to deliver projects and services in support of its mission "to provide enduring global access to Catholic research resources in the Americas." Our focus is creating access to those rare, unique, and uncommon research materials held by libraries and archives in North America, as well as implementing the Catholic Newspapers Program to provide access to all extant Catholic newspapers published in North America via the Catholic News Archive and other tools.

A list of action research resources created by the Center for Collaborative Action Research at Pepperdine University.

Resource materials from the Hesburgh Libraries catalog.

NCEA is the largest, private professional education association in the world. NCEA works with Catholic educators to support ongoing faith formation and the teaching mission of the Catholic Church. Our membership includes nearly 140,000 educators serving 1.6 million students in Catholic education.
As a professional association whose focus is Catholic school education, NCEA’s focus is to lead, learn and proclaim by:
Developing current and future leaders;
Providing educational resources and strategically expanding professional development opportunities for those committed to the mission of Catholic education; Serving as the national voice for Catholic schools.