Although the potential of action research (AR) to advance social justice and emancipatory change has become a popular and accepted concept, educational AR has fallen short of achieving these aims. This article focuses on how educational AR has been used as a method for teaching, increasing professional efficacy, implementing policy, and how each method of educational AR has its own emancipatory potential and challenges.

Kinsler, K. (2010). The utility of educational action research for emancipatory change. Action Research, 8(2), 171-189. Full Text.