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The Reflexive Practitioner: Knowledge Discovery through Action Research

The Reflexive Practitioner: Knowledge Discovery through Action Research

Stephen Dobson
Copyright: © 2012 |Pages: 14
ISBN13: 9781466608948|ISBN10: 1466608943|EISBN13: 9781466608955
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-0894-8.ch008
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Dobson, Stephen. "The Reflexive Practitioner: Knowledge Discovery through Action Research." Collaboration and the Semantic Web: Social Networks, Knowledge Networks, and Knowledge Resources, edited by Stefan Brüggemann and Claudia d’Amato, IGI Global, 2012, pp. 135-148. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0894-8.ch008

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Dobson, S. (2012). The Reflexive Practitioner: Knowledge Discovery through Action Research. In S. Brüggemann & C. d’Amato (Eds.), Collaboration and the Semantic Web: Social Networks, Knowledge Networks, and Knowledge Resources (pp. 135-148). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0894-8.ch008

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Dobson, Stephen. "The Reflexive Practitioner: Knowledge Discovery through Action Research." In Collaboration and the Semantic Web: Social Networks, Knowledge Networks, and Knowledge Resources, edited by Stefan Brüggemann and Claudia d’Amato, 135-148. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2012. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0894-8.ch008

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Abstract

This chapter aims to set out relevant discourse and approaches to consider when planning strategies for acquiring and building knowledge for formal ontology construction. Action Research (AR) is offered as a key means to help structure the necessary reflexivity required to enrich the researcher’s understanding of how they know what they know, particularly within a collaborative research setting. This is especially necessary when revealing tacit domain knowledge through participation with actors and stakeholders: “In this kind of research it is permissible to be openly normative and to strive for change, but not to neglect critical reflection” (Elfors & Svane 2008, 1).

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