Action Research

About Ernest T. Stringer

Ernest T. Stringer After an early career as a primary teacher and school principal Ernie was a lecturer in education at Curtin University of Technology in Western Australia. From the mid-1980s based at Curtins Centre for Aboriginal Studies he worked collaboratively with Aboriginal staff and community people to develop a wide variety of innovative and highly successful education and community development programs and services. His work with government departments community-based agencies business corporations and local governments assisted them to work more effectively with Aboriginal people. In recent years as visiting professor at the University of New Mexico and Texas A&M University and as visiting scholar at Cornell University he taught research methods courses and/or engaged in projects with African American and Hispanic community and neighborhood groups. As a UNICEF consultant he recently engaged in a major project to increase parent participation in schools in East Timor. He is author of Action Research (Sage 2007) Action Research in Education (Pearson 2008) Action Research in Health (with Bill Genat; Pearson 2004) and Action Research in Human Services (with Rosalie Dwyer; Pearson 2005). Until recently he was a member of the editorial board of the Action Research Journal and past president of the Action Learning Action Research Association (ALARA).