Action Research as an Element of Integrative Research Model in Social Sciences/ Badania w działaniu jako element integracyjnego modelu badań w naukach społecznych

Abstract

The aim of this article is to present the history of changes in the significance of action research. It also attempts to operationalize it and lists its challenges that favoured a specific revival of the idea of this research trend in the second half of the twentieth century in research and educational practice. Moreover, its limitations and possible research applications in social sciences are analyzed. Also, it has been highlighted that action research is a research tradition that provides numerous problems. The term has lost its unambiguity. Action research is understood as a specific research method, an independent model of introducing and evaluating educational change, a practical teaching tool or it is even used to determine the emancipatory social movement.